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Pitcher Hill, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Salina town. It lies in ZIP code area 13212. The Survey maps it on the Syracuse West quadrangle.

Pitcher Hill within Onondaga County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pitcher Hill, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Pitcher Hill, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

496 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 496 fires within 5 miles of Pitcher Hill between 2000 and 2020, burning about 264 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 85 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/undetermined243
Arson/incendiarism85
Smoking55
Natural47
Debris and open burning30
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony4
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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Smoking1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pitcher Hill: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cecil Perry Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cecil Perry Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Onondaga County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pitcher Hill in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPitcher Hill$25,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and uprooted numerous trees in Woodlawn Cemetery. Gravestones were damaged by this storm.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindPitcher Hill$15,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over multiple trees and power wires along north Midler Ave.
June 2008HailPitcher Hill-One inch hail was also reported at this time.

Every storm 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
Hinsdale0.9 miles29
Mattydale1.2 miles29
North Syracuse1.6 miles27
Galeville2.3 miles29
Lyncourt2.6 miles29
Woodard3.1 miles27
Rodger Corner3.3 miles27
Liverpool3.9 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 960638. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.