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Fort Hill, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Savannah town. It lies in ZIP code area 13146. It lies near Hogback Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Savannah quadrangle.

Fort Hill within Wayne County

Then and now

1902 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fort Hill, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Fort Hill, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

96 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Fort Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 799 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined42
Arson/incendiarism30
Natural11
Debris and open burning6
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
18 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2012Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 July 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fort Hill: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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
M.A. Montemorano Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
M.A. Montemorano Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne 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
Savannah1.0 miles23
Wiley Corner1.2 miles23
Lockpit3.2 miles23
Noble Corner3.8 miles23
Daboll Corners4.4 miles23
South Butler5.4 miles22
Shepards Corner5.8 miles23
Angells Corner6.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972495. 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.