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Fernwood, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Fremont town. It lies in ZIP code area 12760. It lies near Sam Miller Hill. The Survey maps it on the Callicoon quadrangle.

Fernwood within Sullivan County

Then and now

1920 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fernwood, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Fernwood, surveyed 1920

Compare 1920 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

31 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Fernwood between 2005 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined14
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

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
2 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 June 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 May 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sullivan 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
Acidalia2.6 miles24
Mileses2.6 miles25
Fremont Center2.6 miles25
Basket2.8 miles25
Long Eddy3.8 miles25
Obernburg3.9 miles25
Pleasant Valley4.1 miles25
Hankins4.3 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972465. 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.