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Sulphur Springs, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hounsfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 13601. The Survey maps it on the Sackets Harbor quadrangle.

Sulphur Springs 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 Sulphur Springs, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Sulphur Springs, surveyed 1893

On record in Sulphur Springs

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

119 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Sulphur Springs between 2001 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined71
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2003Missing 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
10 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Sulphur Springs: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
Adams Center PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Alverson1.6 miles20
Camps Mills2.4 miles20
Baggs Corner2.6 miles20
North Adams2.7 miles20
Fields Settlement2.9 miles23
Rices3.2 miles23
Jewettville3.8 miles20
East Hounsfield3.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973126. 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.