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Knoxboro, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Augusta town. It lies in ZIP code area 13425. The Survey maps it on the Munnsville quadrangle. It stands 1,096 feet above sea level.

Knoxboro within Oneida County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Knoxboro, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Knoxboro, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

98 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Knoxboro between 2002 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined41
Arson/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning22
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
3 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Knoxboro: 9 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Valley Mills QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Munnsville Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Oriskany Falls QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Lanz Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marshall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Munnsville Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Vernon Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eisler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kirkland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lawless QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Knoxboro in 1 storm report in 2023: 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindKnoxboro$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked trees and wires down on Knoxboro Road.

Every storm recorded in Oneida 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
Augusta1.2 miles18
Wells Corner2.3 miles26
Oriskany Falls4.4 miles19
Vernon Center4.6 miles25
Deansboro4.7 miles19
Small Corners5.2 miles19
Brothertown5.7 miles19
Forge Hollow6.0 miles19

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 KnoxboroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48740322The 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 954798. 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.