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Stever Mill, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Broadalbin town. It lies in ZIP code area 12025. It stands on Chase Vly Creek. The Survey maps it on the Broadalbin quadrangle.

Stever Mill within Fulton County

Then and now

1899 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Stever Mill, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Stever Mill, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

190 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Stever Mill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 159 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined93
Debris and open burning50
Arson/incendiarism15
Recreation and ceremony14
Natural8
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
31 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stever Mill: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Mayfield PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Fulton 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
Steele Corners1.1 miles22
Broadalbin1.9 miles22
Honeywell Corners2.0 miles22
Mills Corners2.1 miles21
Union Mills2.2 miles22
Gorthey Corners2.3 miles22
North Broadalbin2.8 miles22
Hill Corners3.0 miles22

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 Q122548419The 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 966393. 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.