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Forest City, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Croghan town. It lies in ZIP code area 13327. It stands on Swiss Creek. The Survey maps it on the Croghan quadrangle.

Forest City within Lewis County

Then and now

1911 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Forest City, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Forest City, surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Forest City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking4
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 1996Smoking1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
22 August 1995Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
27 July 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
21 July 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersYOUNGS MILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis 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 Forest City: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, 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
Croghan PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Croghan PlantGranitePast ProducerGranite
Croghan Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lehman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lyndaker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis 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
Texas4.0 miles20
High Falls4.2 miles18
Indian River4.2 miles18
Naumburg4.5 miles18
Beaver Falls4.6 miles18
Croghan4.7 miles18
Castorland5.7 miles20
Belfort6.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972489. 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.