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North Boylston, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Boylston town. It lies in ZIP code area 13083. It lies near Shoecraft Hill. The Survey maps it on the Sandy Creek quadrangle.

North Boylston within Oswego County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of North Boylston, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of North Boylston, surveyed 1895

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

57 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of North Boylston between 2001 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined35
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1

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
28 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
20 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
31 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
30 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oswego 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 North Boylston: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Lacona PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lacona Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hemlock District1.9 miles20
Boylston Center2.7 miles20
Smartville3.7 miles20
Community Park4.0 miles22
East Boylston4.0 miles20
Lacona4.3 miles22
Sandy Creek5.1 miles22
Plantz Corners5.1 miles20

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122555746The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972853. 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.