Nicholsville, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Constantia town. It lies in ZIP code area 13044. The Survey maps it on the Panther Lake quadrangle.

Nicholsville within Oswego County

Then and now

1906 to 1985

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 Nicholsville, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Nicholsville, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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.

1906 USGS Kasoag quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
1943 USGS Panther Lake quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Panther Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Utica quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

104 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Nicholsville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 15 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	65
Arson/incendiarism	15
Debris and open burning	13
Natural	5
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
7 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 September 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
20 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
10 September 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 August 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oswego County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Nicholsville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar. 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
	Overlook Quarry	Feldspar	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Oswego 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
Dutcherville	1.1 miles	20
Constantia Center	2.3 miles	20
Bernhards Bay	2.5 miles	28
Constantia	2.6 miles	29
Gayville	3.5 miles	19
Doris Park	3.8 miles	29
Cleveland	4.8 miles	28
Panther Lake	5.0 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972845. 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.