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Skaneateles Junction, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Elbridge town. It lies in ZIP code area 13060. The Survey maps it on the Jordan quadrangle.

Skaneateles Junction within Onondaga County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 85 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 Junction, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Skaneateles Junction, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

119 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Skaneateles Junction between 2002 and 2020, burning about 80 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined57
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
21 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
20 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
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 Junction: 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
Skaneateles Falls1.2 miles28
Elbridge1.7 miles24
Marysville1.9 miles28
Long Bridge2.2 miles28
Mottville2.7 miles28
Willow Glen3.5 miles28
Halfway3.6 miles24
Jordan3.8 miles24

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.

Wikidata item Q122551692The 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 965342. 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.