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Hinsdale, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Salina town. It lies in ZIP code area 13211. The Survey maps it on the Syracuse West quadrangle.

Hinsdale within Onondaga 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 Hinsdale, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Hinsdale, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

509 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 509 fires within 5 miles of Hinsdale between 2000 and 2020, burning about 268 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 86 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/undetermined245
Arson/incendiarism86
Smoking66
Natural45
Debris and open burning30
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Equipment and vehicle use10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Smoking1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga 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
Mattydale0.6 miles29
Pitcher Hill0.9 miles29
Lyncourt1.7 miles29
Galeville2.1 miles29
North Syracuse2.1 miles27
Eastwood3.2 miles29
Franklin Park3.7 miles29
Syracuse3.9 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952891. 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.