BlockSoft Maple, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Croghan town. It lies in ZIP code area 13327. It stands on Sammys Creek. The Survey maps it on the Soft Maple Reservoir quadrangle.
Then and now
1912 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1912 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1912 USGS Number Four quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Number Four quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Number Four quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
24 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Soft Maple between 2003 and 2016, burning about 26 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 23 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 June 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | HIGH FALLS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Soft Maple: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Molybdenum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirschnerville | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belfort | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Number Four | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Kirschnerville | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| High Falls | 6.9 miles | 18 | |
| Jerden Falls | 7.6 miles | 17 | |
| Indian River | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| Croghan | 8.2 miles | 18 | |
| Crystal Dale | 8.5 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973083. 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.