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Harrigan, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ellenburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12934. It lies near West Hill. The Survey maps it on the Ellenburg Center quadrangle.

Harrigan within Clinton County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Harrigan, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Harrigan, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

37 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Harrigan between 1999 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
7 August 2005Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 July 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 June 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 June 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 May 2015Arson/incendiarism1.7 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Harrigan: 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Bannerhouse MineIronPast ProducerReplacement
Bannerhouse MineIronProspect
Bellons Magnetite ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Clinton 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
Ellenburg Center3.8 miles18
Merrill6.1 miles18
Churubusco7.2 miles19
Ellenburg7.5 miles19
Clinton Mills8.7 miles20
Lyon Mountain9.3 miles18
Ellenburg Depot9.5 miles19
Dannemora Crossing9.8 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122539536The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972600. 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.