Spafford Landing, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Spafford town. It stands on Randall Gulf. The Survey maps it on the Spafford quadrangle.

Spafford Landing 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 Spafford Landing, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Spafford Landing, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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.

1899 USGS Skaneateles quadrangle1:62500
1902 USGS Skaneateles quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
1943 USGS Spafford quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Skaneateles quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1955 USGS Spafford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

47 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Spafford Landing between 2002 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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	16
Debris and open burning	14
Arson/incendiarism	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Natural	2
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
4 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
12 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
6 August 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
4 August 2017	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
17 August 2018	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
15 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 July 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
4 July 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Spafford Landing: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
O'Toole Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Town of Niles Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Town of Niles Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Spafford	1.3 miles	26
South Spafford	3.0 miles	27
Spafford Valley	3.1 miles	27
Otisco Valley	3.7 miles	27
Williams Grove	4.4 miles	26
Rice Grove	4.6 miles	26
Bromley	4.9 miles	27
Pine Grove	4.9 miles	26

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 Q122590076

The 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 965938. 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.