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Rose Hill, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fayette town. It lies in ZIP code area 14456. The Survey maps it on the Geneva South quadrangle.

Rose Hill within Seneca County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rose Hill, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Rose Hill, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 24 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

187 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Rose Hill between 2000 and 2020, burning about 150 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined81
Smoking44
Arson/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning18
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarism6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2016Natural6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seneca 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 Rose Hill: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, 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
Devils Gulch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Solvay Well V-25SaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Seneca County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rose Hill in 1 storm report in 2012: 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 2012Thunderstorm WindRose Hill1 hurt, $30,000The path of the storm started along route 96A in the town of Fayette, just east of Seneca Lake. Here a barn was destroyed with estimated wind speeds of 80 to 90 mph. Scattered damage continued to the northeast through the town of Fayette across route 96 near Christler Road. Here a tractor trailer was blown off the road as|it was traveling along route 96. This is where the 1 injury occurred. Partial roof damage was noted to a barn, with significant hail damage to the west side of a house due to the high wind speeds. Estimated wind speeds in this area were between 70 and 80 mph.||A scattered path of damage continued northeast through Seneca Falls and across Cayuga Lake into the town of Aurelius. Numerous tree branches were down throughout these areas with winds generally around 60 mph. Just east of Cayuga Lake in the town of Aurelius, along route 90, some isolated areas had uprooted trees. In these areas, wind speeds were estimated to be between 70 and 80 mph.||The pattern of damage was consistent with a microburst in that the damage of the trees was layed out in a divergent or a fan shaped pattern.

Every storm recorded in Seneca 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
Pastime Park1.8 miles24
East Geneva2.5 miles23
Teall Beach2.8 miles24
Yale3.0 miles24
Packwood Corners3.1 miles23
Clemsons Corners3.2 miles22
Border City3.4 miles23
MacDougall3.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962906. 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.