Shamrock, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Skaneateles town. It lies in ZIP code area 13152. The Survey maps it on the Marcellus quadrangle.

Shamrock within Onondaga County

Then and now

1899 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Shamrock, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Shamrock, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 28 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.

1899 USGS Skaneateles quadrangle1:62500
1902 USGS Skaneateles quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
1943 USGS Marcellus quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Marcellus quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Skaneateles quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

107 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Shamrock between 2000 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 12 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	45
Debris and open burning	22
Arson/incendiarism	12
Natural	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
6 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
3 September 2016	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
29 September 2017	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
26 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
26 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
26 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
24 September 2016	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
23 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Shamrock: 1 producer. All of them 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Edwards Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Onondaga 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Thorn Hill	1.1 miles	28
Rose Hill	1.1 miles	28
Edgewater Park	1.7 miles	28
Jones Beach	1.7 miles	28
Marietta	2.1 miles	28
Clintonville	2.3 miles	28
Woodland	2.3 miles	26
Winding Ways	2.7 miles	28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973058. 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.