Rhode Island, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lincklaen town. It lies in ZIP code area 13155. It lies near Cary Hill. The Survey maps it on the South Otselic quadrangle.

Rhode Island within Chenango County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

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 Rhode Island, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Rhode Island, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1904 USGS Pitcher quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1943 USGS South Ostelic quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1943 USGS South Otselic quadrangle1:24000
1944 USGS South Ostelic quadrangle1:31680
1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

11 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Rhode Island between 1999 and 2013, burning about 9 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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
Debris and open burning	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Arson/incendiarism	1
Natural	1
Smoking	1

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
22 August 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 May 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 May 2009	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
30 April 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
29 April 2004	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
24 April 2009	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
17 April 2009	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
17 April 2008	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chenango 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 Rhode Island: 1 past producer. None of them 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Otselic Town Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Chenango 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
Seventh Day Hollow	2.0 miles	16
Mariposa	2.1 miles	16
South Otselic	2.4 miles	16
Lincklaen Center	3.2 miles	16
Otselic Center	3.2 miles	19
Northwest Corners	3.7 miles	16
North Pitcher	4.0 miles	17
Lincklaen	4.1 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962440. 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.