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Ritchfield Junction, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Paris town. It lies in ZIP code area 13318. It lies near Bridgewater Flats. The Survey maps it on the West Winfield quadrangle.

Ritchfield Junction within Oneida County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ritchfield Junction, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Ritchfield Junction, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

46 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Ritchfield Junction between 2001 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined29
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Smoking1
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
4 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2013Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 July 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 July 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida 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 Ritchfield Junction: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
Jones & Smith Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jones & Smith Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ludlow Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Ludlow Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
West Winfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Cassville0.4 miles17
Pine Village Estates0.9 miles17
North Bridgewater1.4 miles17
Babcock Hill1.6 miles17
Greens Crossing1.9 miles17
Clayville2.4 miles17
Paris Station3.6 miles17
Sauquoit4.1 miles26

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 Q122570300The 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 973006. 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.