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Furnace Village, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wolcott town. It lies in ZIP code area 14590. The Survey maps it on the Wolcott quadrangle.

Furnace Village 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 Furnace Village, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Furnace Village, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

112 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Furnace Village between 2001 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined83
Recreation and ceremony10
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning6
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Furnace Village: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
North of WolcottIronPast Producer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Highway Dept PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Dept PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Dept 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
Wolcott1.5 miles22
Hickory Square1.6 miles22
Rice Mill2.0 miles22
Huron3.2 miles23
North Wolcott3.6 miles20
North Huron3.7 miles21
Desbrough Park4.3 miles20
West Butler4.4 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950820. 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.