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Humaston, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rome City. It lies in ZIP code area 13440. It stands on Sash Factory Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lee Center quadrangle.

Humaston within Oneida County

Then and now

1905 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Humaston, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Humaston, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

111 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Humaston between 2000 and 2020, burning about 170 acres in total. 13 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/undetermined55
Arson/incendiarism24
Natural13
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2018Natural3.1 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2000Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
21 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
16 August 2002Missing 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Humaston: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 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
George W. Bryant PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
George W. Bryant PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Northern Oneida Sanitary LandfillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Restibo 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
Becks Grove0.6 miles19
Lee1.7 miles19
Pine Crest2.1 miles25
Leisure Village2.2 miles19
Pine2.3 miles19
Blossvale2.8 miles19
Brookfield3.0 miles19
Taberg3.1 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 Q122569579The 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 972637. 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.