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Northfield, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Walton town. It lies in ZIP code area 13856. It lies near Gallop Hill. The Survey maps it on the Walton West quadrangle.

Northfield within Delaware County

Then and now

1923 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 62 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Northfield, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Northfield, surveyed 1923

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

51 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Northfield between 1999 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined34
Debris and open burning7
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
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
27 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 1999Natural40 acresNew York Forest RangersIRISH TOWN
29 July 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkSIDNEY CENTER
19 July 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 Delaware 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 Northfield: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Howe Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unadilla QuarryClayProducer
Unadilla Quarry and MillClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Delaware 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
Merrickville2.0 miles16
Franklin Depot2.7 miles16
Loomis3.0 miles17
Sidney Center4.7 miles19
Tacoma4.9 miles15
Bartlett Hollow5.0 miles16
Cleaver5.2 miles17
Trout Creek5.7 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on NorthfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q60746408The 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 958965. 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.