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North Wolcott, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wolcott town. It lies in ZIP code area 14590. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the North Wolcott quadrangle.

North Wolcott within Wayne County

Then and now

1902 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 83 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 Wolcott, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of North Wolcott, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Fires near this place

91 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of North Wolcott between 2002 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined57
Recreation and ceremony11
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Natural2

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
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2013Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of North Wolcott: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
North of WolcottIronPast Producer
Highway Dept PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Dept PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Wolcott in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2016: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2016Thunderstorm WindNorth Wolcott$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2013HailNorth Wolcott$10,000no account filed
May 2013HailNorth Wolcott$5,000no account filed
May 2009HailNorth Wolcott$5,000no 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
Desbrough Park2.9 miles20
Furnace Village3.6 miles22
Red Creek4.0 miles24
Wolcott4.7 miles22
Hickory Square5.1 miles22
Rice Mill5.3 miles22
North Huron5.6 miles21
East Bay Park6.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958951. 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.