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Hanover, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Marshall town. It lies in ZIP code area 13480. It lies near Grant Hill. The Survey maps it on the Oriskany Falls quadrangle.

Hanover within Oneida County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hanover, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Hanover, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

55 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Hanover between 2002 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined25
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural4
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 July 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida 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 Hanover: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Cittadino QuarryLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Marshall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oriskany Falls QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Eisler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oriskany Falls QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Oneida 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
Forge Hollow1.7 miles19
Daytonville2.0 miles17
Small Corners2.4 miles19
Waterville2.5 miles19
Brothertown2.6 miles19
Marshall2.7 miles17
Deansboro3.3 miles19
Paris Station3.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952173. 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.