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Indian River, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Croghan town. It lies in ZIP code area 13327. The Survey maps it on the Belfort quadrangle.

Indian River within Lewis County

Then and now

1911 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Indian River, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Indian River, surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Indian River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined13
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony7
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1

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
4 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
1 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 1996Smoking1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
28 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 August 1995Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 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 Lewis 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 Indian River: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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
Lyndaker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis County

Storms near this place

2 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indian River in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2014: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2006Thunderstorm WindIndian River$15,000no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindIndian River$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.

Every storm recorded in Lewis 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
Jerden Falls3.5 miles17
High Falls3.7 miles18
Belfort3.9 miles18
Forest City4.2 miles18
Croghan5.7 miles18
Kirschnerville6.7 miles18
Beaver Falls6.9 miles18
Texas7.2 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972650. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.