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Ives Hollow, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Salisbury town. It lies in ZIP code area 13365. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Salisbury quadrangle.

Ives Hollow within Herkimer County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ives Hollow, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Ives Hollow, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

63 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Ives Hollow between 1999 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined36
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
5 September 2020Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2009Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer 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 Ives Hollow: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Salisbury MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Herkimer 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
Salisbury0.6 miles22
Paper Mill Corners1.3 miles22
Diamond Hill1.3 miles22
Salisbury Center2.1 miles22
Curtis2.3 miles22
Irondale2.9 miles22
Dolgeville4.0 miles22
Fairfield4.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953862. 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.