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Smithville, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Adams town. It lies in ZIP code area 13605. It lies near Pine Hill. The Survey maps it on the Sackets Harbor quadrangle.

Smithville within Jefferson County

Then and now

1893 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Smithville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Smithville, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

64 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Smithville between 2002 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined36
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural5
Debris and open burning5
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Smithville: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Edison-Mullen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
O'Brian PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smithville in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2010Thunderstorm WindSmithville$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down at the intersection of County Routes 66 and 63.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindSmithville$1,000A large tree was reported down across Ridge Road between Route 3 and 75.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Babbitt Corner1.0 miles21
Lyon Corner2.2 miles21
Butterville2.3 miles21
Green Settlement3.6 miles21
North Adams3.8 miles20
Roberts Corner4.3 miles21
Camps Mills4.4 miles20
Boultons Beach4.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965535. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.