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Dishaw, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Louisville town. It lies in ZIP code area 13621. The Survey maps it on the Chase Mills quadrangle.

Dishaw within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1905 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dishaw, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Dishaw, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

151 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Dishaw between 1994 and 2020, burning about 196 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined83
Arson/incendiarism31
Debris and open burning13
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dishaw: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Barrett QuarryDolomitePast ProducerSurface
Norwood QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Norwood QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence 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
Chase Mills2.3 miles15
Raymondville3.3 miles17
Norfolk3.7 miles17
Louisville4.3 miles14
Dalton Crossing4.5 miles15
Louisville Corner4.9 miles14
Yaleville5.5 miles17
Drews Corner6.3 miles16

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 Q122565817The 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 976246. 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.