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Seneca Mills, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Milo town. It lies in ZIP code area 14527. The Survey maps it on the Penn Yan quadrangle.

Seneca Mills within Yates County

Then and now

1903 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Seneca Mills, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Seneca Mills, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

111 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Seneca Mills between 2002 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined76
Smoking10
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
2 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yates County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Seneca Mills: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 2 plants, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Zirconium, REE. 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
Transelco/ Penn Yan, N.Y.REE, ZirconiumPlant
J.Sanderson No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
J.T.Andrews No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Transelco/ Dresden, N.Y.ZirconiumPlant
Guyanoga PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Guyanoga PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hansen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Milo Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Roberts PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Yates 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
Mays Mills0.7 miles24
Milo Mills1.1 miles22
Kenka Mills1.7 miles22
Milo Center1.9 miles24
Penn Yan2.6 miles22
Dresden3.1 miles24
Second Milo3.7 miles22
Benton4.4 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973051. 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.