Newkirk, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Caroga town. It lies in ZIP code area 12095. The Survey maps it on the Lassellsville quadrangle.

Newkirk within Fulton County

Then and now

1901 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Newkirk, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Newkirk, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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.

1901 USGS Lassellsville quadrangle1:62500
1903 USGS Lassellsville quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1945 USGS Lassellsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1945 USGS Lassellsville quadrangle1:62500
1946 USGS Lassellsville quadrangle1:24000
1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

53 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Newkirk between 1996 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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	17
Arson/incendiarism	9
Recreation and ceremony	8
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Debris and open burning	5
Natural	4
Smoking	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1

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
15 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
12 September 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
9 August 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 August 2002	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	CAROGA FIRE
9 August 1998	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
6 August 2005	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 August 2011	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
28 August 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton 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
Glasgow Mills	1.3 miles	21
North Bush	2.2 miles	21
Caroga Lake	2.3 miles	22
Bradtville	2.8 miles	21
Wheelerville	3.3 miles	22
Rockwood	3.8 miles	21
Dempster Corners	4.2 miles	21
Canada Lake	4.2 miles	24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958515. 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.