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Old City, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fairfield town. It stands on Wolf Hollow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Middleville quadrangle.

Old City within Herkimer County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Old City, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Old City, surveyed 1900

On record in Old City

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Old City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural6
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2002Natural2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2009Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
8 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Old City: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Middleville Number 6 QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Middleville Number 6 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravesville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Material Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Herkimer 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
Middleville1.9 miles22
Newport2.2 miles24
Norway3.6 miles22
Fairfield4.2 miles22
Irish Settlement4.2 miles24
Farrel Corner4.6 miles24
Brayton Corners5.4 miles24
Hurricane5.8 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959265. 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.