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Mud Mills, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Arcadia town. It lies in ZIP code area 14513. The Survey maps it on the Newark quadrangle.

Mud Mills within Wayne County

Then and now

1899 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mud Mills, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Mud Mills, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

131 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Mud Mills between 2001 and 2020, burning about 94 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 32 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/undetermined59
Arson/incendiarism32
Debris and open burning17
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Mud Mills: 6 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Blackmar's QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Port Gibson QuarriesGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Winslow Heth QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Abam Cleason Co. Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Bauer's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bauer's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Graf PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Highway Dept PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

8 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mud Mills in 8 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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 2014Thunderstorm WindMud Mills$50,000County emergency management reported a barn blown down.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindMud Mills$15,000Law enforcement reports wires downed by thunderstorm winds on Hydesville Road.
June 2013FloodMud Mills$8,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindMud Mills$5,000Trees and wires downed in the Town of Arcadia.
May 2013HailMud Mills$5,000no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMud Mills$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindMud Mills$2,000Trees and wires down on Bowers and Shuler Roads.
May 2013HailMud Mills-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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
Hydesville1.7 miles22
Green Meadows Park2.0 miles22
Newark2.2 miles22
Mayo Park2.8 miles22
Fairville2.9 miles22
Marbletown3.8 miles22
Vienna Estates4.1 miles22
East Palmyra4.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958047. 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.