Otisco Valley, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Otisco town. It lies in ZIP code area 13141. It lies in Otisco Valley. The Survey maps it on the Otisco Valley quadrangle.

Otisco Valley within Onondaga County

Then and now

1900 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Otisco Valley, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Otisco Valley, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 27 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.

1900 USGS Tully quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
1943 USGS Otisco Valley quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Otisco Valley quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Tully quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

79 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Otisco Valley between 2002 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 16 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	29
Debris and open burning	17
Arson/incendiarism	16
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Natural	5
Smoking	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Recreation and ceremony	1

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
27 September 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
26 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
22 September 2018	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
2 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
12 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
6 August 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
4 August 2017	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga 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 Otisco Valley: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. 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
	Tully Brine Wells	Salt	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Onondaga 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
Spafford Valley	0.6 miles	27
Williams Grove	1.8 miles	26
Rice Grove	2.0 miles	26
Gamble Mill	2.2 miles	26
Otisco	2.3 miles	27
Spafford	2.4 miles	26
Vesper	2.8 miles	27
Bay Shores	3.2 miles	26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959545. 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.