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Hollywood, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Colton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12922. It stands on Jordan River. The Survey maps it on the Carry Falls Reservoir quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hollywood within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1920 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hollywood (historical), surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Hollywood (historical), surveyed 1920

Compare 1920 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Hollywood (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 212 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning1

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
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
30 August 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
15 August 2001Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
14 August 1993Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
10 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersRARIPACO CLUB FIRE
3 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNew York Forest RangersSTAGCLUB EASEMENT
13 June 1992Arson/incendiarism190 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
23 May 1992Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence 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 Hollywood (historical): 1 occurrence. 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
Long Pond DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence 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
Stark5.3 miles15
Sevey6.1 miles15
Childwold7.7 miles15
Shurtleff9.0 miles15
Gale9.7 miles15
Childwold Park9.7 miles15
Brandy Brook9.8 miles21
Irish Settlement10.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2465911. 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.