Gulph, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Frankfort town. It lies in ZIP code area 13340. It lies near Bennett Hill. The Survey maps it on the Utica East quadrangle.

Gulph within Herkimer County

Then and now

1898 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gulph, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Gulph, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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.

1898 USGS Utica quadrangle1:62500
1900 USGS Utica quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
1943 USGS Utica East quadrangle1:24000
1945 USGS Utica East quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Utica East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Utica East quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Utica quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

52 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Gulph between 2000 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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	30
Arson/incendiarism	10
Debris and open burning	7
Smoking	3
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Recreation and ceremony	1

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
19 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
18 August 2010	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
21 July 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.4 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
15 July 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
14 July 2012	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 July 2014	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Gulph: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Litchfield Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Litchfield Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Golf Road Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Jones & Smith Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Jones & Smith Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Ludlow Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Ludlow Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Herkimer 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
Stewart Corners	2.1 miles	24
Jersalem Hill	2.4 miles	17
Days Corners	2.4 miles	17
Cranes Corners	2.5 miles	18
Norwich Corners	2.8 miles	24
Frankfort Center	2.9 miles	24
Cedar Lake	3.8 miles	17
Corrado Corners	4.6 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972580. 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.