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Skerry, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Brandon town. It lies in ZIP code area 12966. It stands on Limekiln Brook. The Survey maps it on the Bangor quadrangle.

Skerry within Franklin County

Then and now

1915 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Skerry, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Skerry, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

58 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Skerry between 2000 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined26
Debris and open burning10
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
18 September 2020Debris and open burning1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
10 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 August 2012Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 July 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest RangersWEST BANGOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Skerry: 3 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Graphite, Silica. 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
Arthur Carlin Property DepositGraphiteProspect
Bangor DepositSilicaPast Producer
Malone MinesIronPast Producer1885, 1895
Skerry MineIronPast ProducerReplacement
Skerry MineIronProspect

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Brandon Center1.7 miles16
Bangor3.2 miles16
West Bangor3.7 miles16
Reynoldston4.0 miles16
North Bangor5.2 miles16
East Dickinson6.2 miles16
Whippleville7.0 miles18
Malone7.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973073. 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.