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Schonowe, New York

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Rotterdam town. It lies in ZIP code area 12306. It lies near Isle of the Oneidas. The Survey maps it on the Schenectady quadrangle.

Schonowe within Schenectady County

Then and now

1893 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Schonowe, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Schonowe, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 33 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

556 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 556 fires within 5 miles of Schonowe between 1995 and 2020, burning about 392 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 130 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/undetermined273
Arson/incendiarism130
Smoking46
Debris and open burning33
Natural29
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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
9 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schenectady County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Schonowe: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 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
Burdeck Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Masic PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Scotia Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Scotia Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Vley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Vley PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Schenectady 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
West Hill1.0 miles26
Bellevue1.7 miles33
Scotia1.9 miles33
Rotterdam2.0 miles33
South Schenectady2.0 miles33
Mount Pleasant2.6 miles33
Hungry Hill2.6 miles33
Harding Crossing2.7 miles33

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 Q122554959The 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 964602. 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.