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Edicks, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in German Flatts town. It lies in ZIP code area 13407. It lies near Rock Hill. The Survey maps it on the Jordanville quadrangle.

Edicks within Herkimer County

Then and now

1903 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Edicks, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Edicks, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

52 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Edicks between 2003 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural6
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1

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 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2020Natural3.6 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
2 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 August 2012Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 July 2011Debris and open burningunder 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Edicks: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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
Jordanville QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Jordanville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lyles PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Volo Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Paines Hollow1.5 miles16
Days Rock1.7 miles16
Deck2.9 miles16
Jacksonburg3.3 miles22
Kingdom3.6 miles16
Fort Herkimer3.6 miles22
Jordanville3.8 miles16
Smith Corners4.2 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 Q122573105The 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 949387. 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.