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Edgewater Beach, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Vienna town. It lies in ZIP code area 13308. It stands on Murray Brook. The Survey maps it on the Sylvan Beach quadrangle.

Edgewater Beach 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 Edgewater Beach, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Edgewater Beach, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

74 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Edgewater Beach between 1996 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined35
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural12
Debris and open burning7
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
13 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida 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 Edgewater Beach: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. 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
Coonrod PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
George W. Bryant PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
George W. Bryant PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
North Bay1.2 miles26
Sylvan Beach1.5 miles26
Fish Creek Landing1.6 miles26
Fish Creek Station1.8 miles26
Verona Beach1.9 miles26
Vienna2.1 miles26
Long Crossing2.5 miles24
Jewell4.1 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949376. 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.