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Herrick Grove, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lyme town. It lies in ZIP code area 13622. It lies near Lake Island. The Survey maps it on the Chaumont quadrangle.

Herrick Grove within Jefferson County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Herrick Grove, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Herrick Grove, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

73 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Herrick Grove between 2000 and 2020, burning about 111 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined43
Debris and open burning9
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Herrick Grove: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Chamont QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Three Mile Bay1.7 miles16
Chaumont3.2 miles16
Bayview3.7 miles17
Point Peninsula3.9 miles16
Adams Cove3.9 miles16
Rosiere5.1 miles16
Warren6.4 miles16
Pillar Point7.0 miles20

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 Q122557798The 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 952635. 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.