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Gile, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Waverly town. It lies in ZIP code area 12980. It lies near Cat Hill. The Survey maps it on the Meno quadrangle.

Gile within Franklin County

Then and now

1921 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gile, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Gile, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

25 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Gile between 2002 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None 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/undetermined14
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
3 September 2009Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 August 2006Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 June 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
17 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 June 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 May 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin 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 Gile: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Iron, 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
Alice ProspectIronOccurrenceReplacement
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Stone QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed Stone QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed Stone QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Santa Clara2.6 miles16
Spring Cove3.6 miles16
Saint Regis Falls4.9 miles15
Trombley Landing6.7 miles16
Dickinson Center7.8 miles15
Meno8.0 miles16
Reynoldston9.4 miles16
Dickinson10.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972537. 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.