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East Creek, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Manheim town. It lies in ZIP code area 13365. It stands on Nowadaga Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oppenheim quadrangle.

East Creek within Herkimer County

Then and now

1901 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of East Creek, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of East Creek, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of East Creek between 2000 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined33
Arson/incendiarism11
Debris and open burning9
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony5
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
25 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkLITTLE FALLS
28 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer 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 East Creek: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Moyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
St. Johnsville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
St. Johnsville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Herkimer 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
Indian Castle2.4 miles22
Ingham Mills Station3.5 miles22
Manheim Center3.8 miles22
Fink Basin4.5 miles22
Newville4.8 miles16
Starkville6.3 miles16
Little Falls6.6 miles22
Dolgeville6.6 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949049. 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.