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East Dickinson, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Dickinson town. It lies in ZIP code area 12930. The Survey maps it on the Bangor quadrangle.

East Dickinson within Franklin County

Then and now

1915 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 79 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 Dickinson, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of East Dickinson, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of East Dickinson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 120 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined49
Arson/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony3

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
28 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
21 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2012Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin 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 Dickinson: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, 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
Cox PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bangor DepositSilicaPast Producer
Moira DepositSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Reynoldston3.6 miles16
Brushton3.6 miles15
West Bangor3.8 miles16
Moira4.1 miles15
Dickinson4.1 miles15
Alburg4.4 miles15
Brandon Center4.6 miles16
Dickinson Center5.2 miles15

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 Q122591940The 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 949059. 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.