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Shorewood, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Tyrone town. It lies near Stocking Hill. The Survey maps it on the Wayne quadrangle.

Shorewood within Schuyler County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Shorewood, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Shorewood, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 21 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Shorewood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 261 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined54
Debris and open burning27
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking3
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
19 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
15 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
1 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schuyler County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Shorewood: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Natural Gas. 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
Best No.2 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
Bradford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Camp Erie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Camp Erie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sleve PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town of Tyrone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Tyrone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Schuyler 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
Weston1.6 miles21
Tyrone2.7 miles21
Altay4.4 miles21
Pine Creek5.7 miles22
North Reading7.1 miles30
Monterey8.9 miles22
Reading Center9.0 miles30
Townsend9.5 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973065. 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.