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Jefferson Park, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ellisburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 13650. It stands on Little Stony Creek. The Survey maps it on the Henderson quadrangle.

Jefferson Park within Jefferson County

Then and now

1893 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jefferson Park, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Jefferson Park, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

31 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Jefferson Park between 2002 and 2018, burning about 22 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
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
2 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Jefferson Park: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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
Rural Hill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rural Hill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rural Hill S & G Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Rural Hill S & G Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Rural Hill2.7 miles21
Woodville3.3 miles21
North Landing3.5 miles19
Clark Point4.2 miles17
Hungerford Corners5.0 miles21
Henderson5.1 miles21
Belleville5.3 miles21
Ellisburg5.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953966. 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.