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Furnaceville, New York

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Ontario town. It lies in ZIP code area 14519. The Survey maps it on the Furnaceville quadrangle.

Furnaceville within Wayne County

Then and now

1952 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 32 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Furnaceville, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Furnaceville, surveyed 1952

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

144 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Furnaceville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 95 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined82
Arson/incendiarism16
Debris and open burning13
Natural11
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Missing 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Furnaceville: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Limestone, General. 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
Walworth Quarry and PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Ontario Iron Ore Co. WorkingsIronPast Producer
Ontario OpeningsIronPast Producer
WilliamsonIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Furnaceville in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Thunderstorm WindFurnaceville$500A tree was downed on Lake Road.

Every storm 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
Bear Creek1.7 miles12
Orchard Grove Village Park1.9 miles20
Ontario2.2 miles20
Ontario Center2.5 miles20
Lakeside3.4 miles12
Fruitland3.9 miles20
Ontario on the Lake4.3 miles12
Whispering Woods4.4 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950823. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.