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Lowell, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Westmoreland town. It lies in ZIP code area 13440. The Survey maps it on the Verona quadrangle.

Lowell within Oneida 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 Lowell, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Lowell, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

91 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Lowell between 2000 and 2019, burning about 75 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined39
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning13
Natural12
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lowell: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Penfield QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Cagwin FarmIronPast Producer
Klein FarmIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowell in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2017: 2 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2017Flash FloodLowell$350,000Widespread flash flooding of small streams and urbanized areas occurred throughout the town of Westmoreland. Culverts and roads were washed out in several locations. Several residences and businesses experienced significant flooding.
June 2013HailLowell-no account filed
August 2009HailLowell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oneida 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
Boyd Manor0.4 miles25
Goodrich Corners1.6 miles25
Spencer Settlement2.3 miles28
Greenway Corners2.6 miles25
Brewers Corner2.6 miles25
Hatchs Corners2.7 miles25
Dix2.8 miles28
Blackmans Corners2.8 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956066. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.