Moscow Hill, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Brookfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 13355. It stands on Moscow Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hubbardsville quadrangle.

Moscow Hill within Madison County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Moscow Hill, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Moscow Hill, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

1907 USGS Sangerfield quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1943 USGS Hubbardsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1943 USGS Sangerfield quadrangle1:62500
1944 USGS Hubbardsville quadrangle1:31680
1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

64 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Moscow Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined	32
Debris and open burning	12
Arson/incendiarism	6
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Smoking	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
Natural	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
24 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
27 August 1997	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
12 August 1999	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
3 July 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
21 July 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
21 July 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 June 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
23 June 2012	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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 Moscow Hill: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Natural Gas. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Jewett Bed	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Letts No.1 Well	Salt, Natural Gas	Prospect

Every working recorded in Madison 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
West Brookfield	1.0 miles	17
Guideboard	3.1 miles	17
South Hamilton	3.1 miles	17
East Hamilton	3.2 miles	17
Hubbardsville	3.5 miles	17
North Brookfield	4.0 miles	17
Hamilton Center	4.8 miles	17
Brookfield	4.9 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957723. 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.