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Fields Settlement, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Watertown town. It lies in ZIP code area 13601. The Survey maps it on the Watertown quadrangle.

Fields Settlement within Jefferson 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 Fields Settlement, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Fields Settlement, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

317 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 317 fires within 5 miles of Fields Settlement between 2000 and 2020, burning about 224 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 72 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/undetermined151
Arson/incendiarism72
Debris and open burning31
Natural23
Smoking21
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
8 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Fields Settlement: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. 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
Bolle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brookside Drive PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Brookside Drive PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Rices1.9 miles23
East Hounsfield1.9 miles23
Alverson2.4 miles20
Sulphur Springs2.9 miles20
Watertown Center3.4 miles23
Paddy Hill3.9 miles23
Glen Park4.0 miles20
Dillen4.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972468. 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.