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Linwood, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1983. It stands in York town. It lies in ZIP code area 14486. The Survey maps it on the Le Roy quadrangle.

Linwood within Livingston County

Then and now

1904 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Linwood, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Linwood, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

64 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Linwood between 2000 and 2018, burning about 46 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning9
Smoking6
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Linwood: 9 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Natural Gas. 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
C.Davis No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
C.Johnson No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasUnknown
E.Whitney No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
J.B.Murphy No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
J.J.Gilmore No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
J.Martin No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Salt WellSaltPast Producer
Salt WellSaltPast Producer
W.J.Cook No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Wm.J.Armstrong No.1 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Livingston 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
Craigs2.8 miles23
York3.8 miles23
Inverness4.2 miles23
Fraser4.4 miles23
York Center (historical)4.4 miles24
Taylor4.7 miles24
Greigsville5.2 miles23
Tryons Corners5.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955426. 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.