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Jackson Summit, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mayfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 12117. It stands on Elphee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jackson Summit quadrangle.

Jackson Summit within Fulton County

Then and now

1903 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jackson Summit, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Jackson Summit, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

156 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Jackson Summit between 1992 and 2020, burning about 220 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined62
Debris and open burning41
Arson/incendiarism25
Natural9
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Jackson Summit: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Quartz. 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
Tyrell QuarryFeldspar, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Werner ProspectsFeldspar, Stone, QuartzProspect

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jackson Summit in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2026: 1 flash flood, 1 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
August 2017Flash FloodJackson Summit$1,000Gray Road in the town of Mayfield washed out due to heavy rain. This was reported by the Fulton County Sheriffs Office.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindJackson Summit-A local emergency manager reported multiple trees down at a couple of locations. The first was at the intersection of County Highway 123 and Christie Road in Mayfield. Here, multiple trees fell with one having fallen on wires. Another tree fell at Diamond Hill Road in Mayfield.

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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
Dennies Hollow1.8 miles22
Mayfield2.3 miles22
Riceville2.8 miles22
Broadalbin Junction3.4 miles22
Cranberry Creek3.7 miles23
Munsonville3.9 miles22
Red Bunch Corners4.2 miles22
Dennies Crossing4.4 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953897. 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.