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Pamelia Center, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pamelia town. It lies in ZIP code area 13601. The Survey maps it on the Brownville quadrangle. 471 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 469 feet above sea level.

Pamelia Center within Jefferson County

Then and now

1903 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pamelia Center, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Pamelia Center, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

341 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 341 fires within 5 miles of Pamelia Center between 2000 and 2020, burning about 236 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 87 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/undetermined160
Arson/incendiarism87
Debris and open burning36
Smoking25
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Pamelia Center: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, 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
Dead Creek OccurrenceIronOccurrence1943
La Fargville Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Watertown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Watertown Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Noseville2.6 miles20
Calcium3.2 miles21
Sanfords Four Corners3.5 miles21
Glen Park4.4 miles20
Watertown4.5 miles23
Huntingtonville4.9 miles23
Brownville5.0 miles20
Paddy Hill5.1 miles23

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 Pamelia CenterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6059301The 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 959803. 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.