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Hinckley, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Trenton town. It lies in ZIP code area 13352. It stands on Beaver Meadow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hinckley quadrangle.

Hinckley within Oneida County

Then and now

1897 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hinckley, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Hinckley, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Hinckley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2003Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersN SHORE HINKLEY LAKE
22 August 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
21 August 2002Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHINCKLEY RESERVOIR
14 July 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBRANDY LAKE FIRE
4 June 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Hinckley: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Barneeveld PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barneveld Sand & Gravel No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mccartney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Number 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plant Number 2 Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Poland PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Spear PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Swamp Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

1 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hinckley in 1 storm report in 1997: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 1997Thunderstorm WindHinckley$15,000The line of thunderstorms which produced wind damage across the northern half of Chenango county extended up into Oneida county as well with several additional wind damage reports. Many large trees and power lines were knocked over near Hinckley and also in and around the city of Utica.

Every storm 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
Prospect1.7 miles26
Ninety Six Corners2.5 miles25
Trenton Falls3.5 miles26
Remsen3.6 miles26
Barneveld4.5 miles26
Mapledale5.3 miles26
North Gage6.0 miles23
Honnedaga6.3 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952877. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.