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Red Mill, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mexico town. It lies in ZIP code area 13131. It stands on South Branch Little Salmon River. The Survey maps it on the Mexico quadrangle.

Red Mill within Oswego County

Then and now

1905 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Red Mill, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Red Mill, surveyed 1905

On record in Red Mill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

110 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Red Mill between 2000 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined64
Arson/incendiarism21
Debris and open burning8
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2013Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 August 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 August 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oswego County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Red Mill: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
B.R. Dewitt, Inc. Gp-4 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chauvin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
French Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hays & Smith PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hogback Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Weaver PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Weaver Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oswego 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
Colosse0.9 miles18
Parish1.2 miles18
Graftons Square1.7 miles18
Maple View2.7 miles18
Carley Mills3.0 miles20
Hastings3.1 miles22
Prattham3.3 miles18
Morse3.4 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962308. 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.