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Diana Center, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Diana town. It lies in ZIP code area 13665. It stands on Hogsback Creek. The Survey maps it on the Natural Bridge quadrangle.

Diana Center within Lewis County

Then and now

1913 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Diana Center, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Diana Center, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

21 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Diana Center between 1993 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 August 2002Equipment and vehicle use23 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
11 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 July 2003Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
28 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
23 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Diana Center: 5 past producers, 2 plants, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Wollastonite, Marble, Dimension, Graphite, Wollastonite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Diana Pit & MillTalc-Soapstone, Barium-BaritePlant
George G. Goodelle Property DepositIronProspect
Hungerford Farm QuarryDolomitePast ProducerSurface
Natural Bridge DepositTalc-Soapstone, Graphite, WollastoniteOccurrence
Unnamed QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Gouveneur #4 Mine & #3 MillWollastonitePlant
Valentine MineWollastoniteProducer1978
Carbola Chemical Co MineTalc-SoapstonePast Producer1911, 1949
Carbola Quarry and MillTalc-SoapstonePast ProducerTalc
Diana Talc PitTalc-SoapstonePast ProducerStratabound

Every working recorded in Lewis County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
North Croghan Crossing4.1 miles17
Kimball Mill5.0 miles17
Remington Corners5.3 miles17
Lake Bonaparte5.4 miles18
Alpina6.5 miles18
Texas7.1 miles20
Jerden Falls7.6 miles17
Indian River7.8 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122540732The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972381. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.