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Richland, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Richland town. It lies in ZIP code area 13144. The Survey maps it on the Richland quadrangle.

Richland within Oswego 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 Richland, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Richland, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 20 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

87 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Richland between 1997 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined46
Arson/incendiarism15
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking5
Natural2

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2020Smokingunder an acreNew York Forest RangersGRINDSTONE CREEK
2 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oswego County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Richland: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 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
Babcock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Coffin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Coffin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Orwell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sandy Creek Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oswego County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richland in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2009HailRichland$5,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindRichland$1,500Tree with wires downed in the Town of Richland.

Every storm 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
Centerville1.5 miles20
Orwell2.7 miles22
Pineville2.8 miles20
Pulaski4.2 miles22
Farmers Corner4.4 miles22
Chateaugay4.5 miles22
Vorea4.6 miles22
Pekin4.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962473. 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.