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Higginsville, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Verona town. It lies in ZIP code area 13054. It lies near Irish Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Sylvan Beach quadrangle.

Higginsville within Oneida County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Higginsville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Higginsville, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

89 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Higginsville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 106 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 13 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
Natural18
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
2 September 2018Natural3.1 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2001Missing 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Higginsville: 2 past producers. 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
Cagwin FarmIronPast Producer
Klein FarmIronPast Producer

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
Starks Landing0.4 miles26
Paradise Hill0.7 miles26
Dumbarton1.3 miles26
Stacy Basin1.8 miles25
Agnes Corners2.2 miles25
State Bridge2.7 miles26
New London3.7 miles25
Fish Creek Station3.7 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952720. 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.