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Loomis Hill, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Onondaga town. It lies in ZIP code area 13215. It stands on Split Rock Gulf. The Survey maps it on the Syracuse West quadrangle.

Loomis Hill within Onondaga 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 Loomis Hill, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Loomis Hill, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

273 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 273 fires within 5 miles of Loomis Hill between 2000 and 2020, burning about 197 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 41 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/undetermined126
Arson/incendiarism41
Natural25
Equipment and vehicle use25
Smoking18
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5

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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Loomis Hill: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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
Nine Mile Creek QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Syracuse Pottery Clay MineClayPast Producer
South Onondaga PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
South Onondaga Pit & Nedrow MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Van Slyke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Van Slyke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Kellys Corners1.1 miles24
Split Rock1.1 miles29
Cards Corners1.8 miles28
Taunton1.9 miles29
Wellington Corner2.2 miles28
Sherwood Knolls2.3 miles24
Stanley Manor2.4 miles24
Fairmount2.5 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955965. 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.