Green Settlement, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Adams town. It lies in ZIP code area 13606. The Survey maps it on the Adams quadrangle.

Green Settlement within Jefferson County

Then and now

1893 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Green Settlement, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Green Settlement, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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.

1893 USGS Sackets Harbor quadrangle1:62500
1895 USGS Sackets Harbor quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1895 USGS Sacketts Harbor quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1943 USGS Adams quadrangle1:31680
1959 USGS Adams quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Pulaski quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

63 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Green Settlement between 2002 and 2020, burning about 147 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined	39
Arson/incendiarism	6
Debris and open burning	6
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Natural	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Smoking	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
27 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
24 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
22 September 2018	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
15 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 August 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 August 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
4 August 2016	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
3 August 2007	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Green Settlement: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Adams Center Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Edison-Mullen Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Morris Hatcliff Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Morris Hatcliff Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
O'Brian Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Adams Center	1.7 miles	21
North Adams	2.2 miles	20
Lyon Corner	2.2 miles	21
Honeyville	3.0 miles	23
Adams	3.3 miles	21
Thomas Settlement	3.5 miles	21
Smithville	3.6 miles	20
Butterville	3.6 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972561. 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.