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Dix, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Westmoreland town. It lies in ZIP code area 13440. The Survey maps it on the Rome quadrangle.

Dix within Oneida 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 Dix, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Dix, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

241 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 241 fires within 5 miles of Dix between 2000 and 2019, burning about 147 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 38 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/undetermined147
Arson/incendiarism38
Smoking24
Natural18
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2001Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida 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 Dix: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Penfield QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
No. 5 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sullivan Sand & Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida 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
Spencer Settlement1.1 miles28
Camelot Village2.0 miles28
Stanwix Heights2.2 miles28
Bartlett2.4 miles28
Stanwix2.4 miles28
Hatchs Corners2.6 miles25
Lowell2.8 miles25
Boyd Manor2.9 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948499. 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.