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Italy Hill, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Italy town. It lies in ZIP code area 14418. The Survey maps it on the Pulteney quadrangle.

Italy Hill within Yates County

Then and now

1903 to 1983

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 Italy Hill, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Italy Hill, surveyed 1903

On record in Italy 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 21 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

49 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Italy Hill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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
Debris and open burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
12 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
10 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
27 August 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 July 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 July 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
12 July 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
20 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.4 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yates 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 Italy Hill: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
C.M.Russell WellSaltPast Producer
Botsford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Botsford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Botsford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Champlin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Champlin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jerusalem PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Nicolo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Yates County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Italy Hill in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2014: 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
May 2014Flash FloodItaly Hill-A motorist was trapped in a vehicle by flash flooding on Italy Hill Road. Water rescues were underway.
August 2011HailItaly Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yates 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
Italy2.5 miles24
Guyanoga4.8 miles21
Branchport5.0 miles21
Friend5.8 miles21
Middlesex7.6 miles25
Potter7.8 miles21
Bluff Point7.8 miles22
Yatesville7.9 miles21

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 Q122597886The 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 953849. 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.