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Jeddo, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Ridgeway town. It lies in ZIP code area 14103. The Survey maps it on the Lyndonville quadrangle. It stands 413 feet above sea level.

Jeddo within Orleans County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jeddo, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Jeddo, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

79 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Jeddo between 2000 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined32
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural10
Smoking8
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2011Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orleans 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 Jeddo: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Medina Sandstone Quarry, Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rorick Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Orleans 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
West Ridgeway2.2 miles16
North Ridgeway2.5 miles16
Shelby Basin3.1 miles17
Ridgeway3.7 miles16
Lakewood Village4.3 miles17
Medina4.4 miles17
Millers4.9 miles16
Shelby Center5.7 miles17

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.

Wikipedia article on JeddoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48742098The 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 953955. 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.