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Honest Hill, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Clarendon town. It lies in ZIP code area 14470. The Survey maps it on the Holley quadrangle.

Honest Hill within Orleans County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Honest Hill, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Honest Hill, surveyed 1897

On record in Honest Hill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

82 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Honest Hill between 2001 and 2019, burning about 48 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined32
Arson/incendiarism24
Debris and open burning16
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use2

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orleans County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Honest Hill: 4 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Holly Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Clarendon QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Holly QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Manning Peat Bog ProspectsLead, ZincProspect
Barre Sand, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brockport Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yunker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Yunker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orleans 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
Clarendon3.3 miles19
Manning4.0 miles19
Bennetts Corners4.3 miles19
Thomas Estates West4.4 miles19
South Barre4.5 miles20
East Barre5.3 miles20
Holley6.0 miles19
Fancher7.0 miles19

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 Q122594275The 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 953138. 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.