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Lenox Basin, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lenox town. It lies in ZIP code area 13032. The Survey maps it on the Oneida quadrangle.

Lenox Basin within Madison County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lenox Basin, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Lenox Basin, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

112 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Lenox Basin between 2002 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined58
Arson/incendiarism24
Natural13
Debris and open burning10
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
27 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lenox Basin: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Oxbow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Oxbow Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
West Stockbridge Hill QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Johnson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lincoln Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Wampsville1.1 miles26
Five Corners1.5 miles26
Canastota2.2 miles23
Lenox2.2 miles26
Oneida3.2 miles26
Quality Hill3.7 miles23
Clockville3.8 miles26
Walkers Corners3.9 miles23

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.

Wikidata item Q122539098The 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 955200. 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.