Patria, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fulton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12187. It stands on Stony Creek. The Survey maps it on the Breakabeen quadrangle.

Patria within Schoharie County

Then and now

1898 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Patria, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Patria, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1898 USGS Schoharie quadrangle1:62500
1900 USGS Schoharie quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
1943 USGS Breakabeen quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1946 USGS Breakabeen quadrangle1:31680
1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Patria between 1992 and 2020, burning about 114 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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	34
Debris and open burning	16
Arson/incendiarism	10
Smoking	4
Natural	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	3

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
8 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 August 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 July 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
31 July 2003	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 July 2000	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	not named
25 July 2000	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	not named
25 July 2000	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schoharie 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 Patria: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Spring Street Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Schoharie 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
Greenbush	2.2 miles	22
Vintonton	2.5 miles	22
Watsonville	3.0 miles	22
Fultonham	3.8 miles	22
Mineral Springs	3.9 miles	22
West Fulton	4.1 miles	22
West Middleburgh	4.2 miles	21
East Cobleskill	4.4 miles	22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972922. 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.