Florence Hill, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Florence town. It lies in ZIP code area 13316. It stands on Spellicy Brook. The Survey maps it on the Westdale quadrangle.

Florence Hill within Oneida County

Then and now

1906 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Florence Hill, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Florence Hill, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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.

1906 USGS Kasoag quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
1943 USGS Westdale quadrangle1:31680
1946 USGS Westdale quadrangle1:24000
1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Westdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Utica quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

28 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Florence Hill between 2002 and 2018, burning about 50 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined	13
Smoking	7
Debris and open burning	4
Recreation and ceremony	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Natural	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
11 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
11 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
20 August 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 June 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 June 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
26 June 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
2 June 2018	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
15 June 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Florence Hill: 1 past producer. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Meaghgr Gravel Bed	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Florence	2.5 miles	19
Westdale	2.7 miles	21
Empeyville	6.0 miles	19
Camden	6.6 miles	19
Hillsboro	6.9 miles	21
Preston Hill	8.0 miles	21
Thompsons Corner	9.4 miles	21
Blennes Corner	9.7 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972485. 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.