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Loring Crossing, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cortlandville town. It lies in ZIP code area 13045. It lies near Carr Hill. The Survey maps it on the Homer quadrangle.

Loring Crossing within Cortland County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Loring Crossing, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Loring Crossing, surveyed 1903

On record in Loring Crossing

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

134 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Loring Crossing between 2000 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined60
Arson/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning17
Smoking15
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
1 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cortland County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Loring Crossing: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Compagni PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Homer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Homer Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Homer PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcconnell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Polkville Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Polkville Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cortland 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
Homer1.9 miles22
East River2.2 miles23
Cortland2.5 miles23
Pokeville2.6 miles23
McGraw3.4 miles23
East Homer3.6 miles23
Blodgett Mills4.1 miles23
Pratt Corners4.4 miles22

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 Q122597757The 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 955998. 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.