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Siloam, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Smithfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 13421. It lies near Munnsville West Hill. The Survey maps it on the Morrisville quadrangle.

Siloam within Madison 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 Siloam, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Siloam, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

80 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Siloam between 2000 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined28
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
3 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 August 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 July 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 July 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Siloam: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Munnsville Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Munnsville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Munnsville Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Valley Mills QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Stockbridge2.3 miles18
Peterboro2.8 miles18
Merrillsville2.8 miles26
Munnsville2.9 miles18
Valley Mills3.3 miles25
Munns3.4 miles18
Five Chimneys Corner3.6 miles25
Bennetts Corners4.5 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965231. 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.