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Riceville, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mayfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 12078. It stands on Mayfield Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gloversville quadrangle.

Riceville within Fulton County

Then and now

1903 to 1985

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 Riceville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Riceville, surveyed 1903

On record in Riceville

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

12 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.

Fires near this place

256 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 256 fires within 5 miles of Riceville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 291 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 38 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/undetermined121
Debris and open burning46
Arson/incendiarism38
Natural18
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor6

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 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 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 Fulton 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 Riceville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Mayfield PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Santos Construction PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

4 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riceville in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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
April 2022FloodRiceville$20,000Flooding of the Mayfield Creek caused damage to a bridge along Riceville Road in the Village of Mayfield.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindRiceville-Trees and wires were downed on Beech Street.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindRiceville-Trees were downed on Riceville Road and Second Avenue in Mayfield due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2017HailRiceville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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
Broadalbin Junction0.9 miles22
Mayfield1.2 miles22
Red Bunch Corners1.7 miles22
Dennies Crossing2.0 miles22
Munsonville2.3 miles22
Jackson Summit2.8 miles22
Dennies Hollow2.8 miles22
Progress3.6 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962459. 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.