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Log City, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pompey town. It lies in ZIP code area 13078. The Survey maps it on the Jamesville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Log City within Onondaga County

Then and now

1900 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Log City (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Log City (historical), surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

111 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Log City (historical) between 2000 and 2020, burning about 117 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined76
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
20 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
12 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga 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 Log City (historical): 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Hitchings PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rock Cut Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Onondaga 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
Pompey1.0 miles28
Swift Corner3.2 miles27
Watervale3.3 miles20
Berwyn3.3 miles27
Pompey Center3.8 miles20
Onativia3.9 miles28
Big Bend4.3 miles28
Salem Corner4.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2108560. 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.