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Parc du Bois, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in LaFayette town. It lies in ZIP code area 13084. It stands on Kennedy Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Onondaga quadrangle.

Parc du Bois 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 Parc du Bois, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Parc du Bois, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

Fires near this place

209 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Parc du Bois between 2002 and 2020, burning about 168 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined145
Arson/incendiarism20
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Natural11
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
25 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Parc du Bois: 4 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Limestone, General. 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
Cardiff Salt WellSaltProspect
Rock Cut Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
South Onondaga PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
South Onondaga Pit & Nedrow MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Van Slyke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Van Slyke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Sentinel Heights2.2 miles28
LaFayette2.2 miles28
Cardiff2.2 miles27
Indian Village2.5 miles27
Baileys Settlement2.7 miles27
Onativia2.9 miles28
Big Bend3.5 miles28
Onondaga Castle3.6 miles27

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.

Wikidata item Q122592129The 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 2486389. 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.