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Skaneateles Falls, 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 13153. The Survey maps it on the Skaneateles quadrangle. It stands 705 feet above sea level.

Skaneateles Falls 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 Skaneateles Falls, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Skaneateles Falls, surveyed 1899

On record in Skaneateles Falls

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

Fires near this place

113 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Skaneateles Falls between 2003 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined52
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning14
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
29 September 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
22 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga 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 Skaneateles Falls: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Halfway QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Skaneateles QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Skaneateles Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Syracuse Pottery Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Fiato Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stump Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Walburger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Marysville0.7 miles28
Long Bridge1.0 miles28
Skaneateles Junction1.2 miles24
Mottville1.5 miles28
Willow Glen2.3 miles28
Elbridge2.9 miles24
Skaneateles3.5 miles28
Shepard Settlement3.9 miles28

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.

Wikipedia article on Skaneateles FallsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7533923The 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 965341. 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.