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Sugarbush, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Franklin town. It lies in ZIP code area 12989. It lies near Whooley Hill. The Survey maps it on the Alder Brook quadrangle.

Sugarbush within Franklin County

Then and now

1911 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sugarbush, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Sugarbush, surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

21 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Sugarbush between 1995 and 2018, burning about 49 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNew York Forest RangersROCK STREET
13 September 2003Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresNew York Forest RangersLOON LAKE RR
10 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersUNION FALLS POND FIRE
17 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
21 July 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 June 2003Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin 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 Sugarbush: 1 producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Franklin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Duncan Mountain ProspectIronOccurrenceReplacement
Duncan Mountain ProspectIronProspect

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
Goldsmith2.4 miles18
Alder Brook2.4 miles18
Two Brooks2.6 miles18
Merrillsville3.5 miles17
Loon Lake4.7 miles17
Franklin Falls7.2 miles27
Forestdale7.7 miles27
Vermontville8.0 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973125. 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.