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Honnedaga, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Remsen town. It lies in ZIP code area 13438. The Survey maps it on the Forestport quadrangle.

Honnedaga 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 Honnedaga, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Honnedaga, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Honnedaga between 1992 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersN SHORE HINKLEY LAKE
17 August 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 July 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 July 2005Missing 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Honnedaga: 1 producer. All of them 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
Burdick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
East Steuben1.6 miles25
Alder Creek3.3 miles25
Woodhull3.7 miles25
Remsen3.8 miles26
Forestport4.2 miles25
Fink Hollow4.6 miles19
Prospect5.9 miles26
Steuben6.1 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 Q122549356The 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 972622. 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.