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Dillen, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rodman town. It lies in ZIP code area 13606. The Survey maps it on the Watertown quadrangle.

Dillen within Jefferson County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dillen, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Dillen, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

71 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Dillen between 2001 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined48
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
22 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Dillen: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Adams Center PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bolle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brookside Drive PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Brookside Drive PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Rices2.3 miles23
Zoar2.5 miles23
Rodman2.6 miles23
Honeyville2.6 miles23
Adams Center3.6 miles21
Watertown Center4.1 miles23
Fields Settlement4.2 miles23
North Adams4.3 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972385. 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.