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Ridge Mills, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rome City. It lies in ZIP code area 13440. The Survey maps it on the Rome quadrangle.

Ridge Mills within Oneida 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 Ridge Mills, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Ridge Mills, surveyed 1895

On record in Ridge Mills

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

11 surveys from 28 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

259 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of Ridge Mills between 2000 and 2020, burning about 135 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 45 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/undetermined156
Arson/incendiarism45
Smoking27
Natural16
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2001Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida 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 Ridge Mills: 6 past producers, 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
Craig PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hanicker Brothers Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hanicker Brothers Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
No. 5 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sullivan Sand & Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sullivan Sand & Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

3 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ridge Mills in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2000HailRidge Mills1 hurtOne person sustained minor injuries when he was hit in the head by large hail while running for shelter.
May 2011Flash FloodRidge Mills$10,000Numerous roads were flooded and impassable due to flooding in the Rome area. On East Dominick Street, water was up to the bumpers of cars.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindRidge Mills$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a roadway.

Every storm recorded in Oneida 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
Mohawk Gardens1.0 miles28
Lynch Tract1.2 miles28
Colonial Park1.3 miles28
Wright Settlement1.4 miles22
Air City1.6 miles28
Canterbury Hill1.6 miles22
Bloomfield Park1.8 miles28
Riverdale2.1 miles28

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122573262The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962497. 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.