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McKeever, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Webb town. It lies in ZIP code area 13338. It stands on Middle Branch Moose River. The Survey maps it on the McKeever quadrangle.

McKeever within Herkimer County

Then and now

1912 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of McKeever, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of McKeever, surveyed 1912

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

17 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of McKeever between 2002 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking1
Natural1
Other causes1

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
20 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBRANDY LAKE FIRE
15 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersWOODHULL LAKE FIRE
7 August 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersGULL LAKE
15 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 July 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersWOODHULL ISLAND FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer 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
Minnehaha3.8 miles23
Wolf Lake Landing4.2 miles22
Thendara8.0 miles23
Old Forge9.4 miles24
Atwell10.2 miles25
Mountain Lodge10.9 miles24
North Wilmurt12.0 miles23
Wheelertown15.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956792. 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.