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.
Then and now
1895 to 1985The 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.


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.
- Beeches Historic District, Thelisted 2023 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 28 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1895 USGS Oriskany quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Oriskany quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1947 USGS Rome quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Rome quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Utica quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
259 since 2000Regional 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/undetermined | 156 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Smoking | 27 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hanicker Brothers Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hanicker Brothers Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| No. 5 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sullivan Sand & Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sullivan Sand & Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Hail | Ridge Mills | 1 hurt | One person sustained minor injuries when he was hit in the head by large hail while running for shelter. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Ridge Mills | $10,000 | Numerous 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridge Mills | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a roadway. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohawk Gardens | 1.0 miles | 28 | |
| Lynch Tract | 1.2 miles | 28 | |
| Colonial Park | 1.3 miles | 28 | |
| Wright Settlement | 1.4 miles | 22 | |
| Air City | 1.6 miles | 28 | |
| Canterbury Hill | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Bloomfield Park | 1.8 miles | 28 | |
| Riverdale | 2.1 miles | 28 |
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 Q122573262 | The 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.










