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Elmcrest, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Salina town. It lies in ZIP code area 13090. It lies near Klein Island. The Survey maps it on the Brewerton quadrangle.

Elmcrest within Onondaga 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 Elmcrest, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Elmcrest, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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

372 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 372 fires within 5 miles of Elmcrest between 2000 and 2020, burning about 192 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 59 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/undetermined199
Arson/incendiarism59
Natural34
Debris and open burning26
Smoking24
Equipment and vehicle use15
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Smoking1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga 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 Elmcrest: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bloating Material. 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
WarnersBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Cecil Perry Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cecil Perry Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Onondaga 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
Long Branch1.1 miles29
Cold Springs1.1 miles26
Bayberry1.2 miles27
Lindbergh Lawns1.7 miles24
Liverpool2.1 miles29
Lakeside2.1 miles24
Pleasant View2.2 miles29
Woodard2.3 miles27

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 Q122572174The 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 949566. 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.