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Sun, New York

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Burke town. It lies in ZIP code area 12917. The Survey maps it on the Burke quadrangle.

Sun within Franklin County

Then and now

1915 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sun, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Sun, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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

57 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Sun between 1999 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined22
Debris and open burning13
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 July 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 July 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 July 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 July 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 July 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 June 2014Debris and open burning1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sun: 2 producers. 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
Lawrence PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Burke Center2.4 miles14
North Burke2.4 miles15
Cooks Mill2.9 miles15
Brayton Hollow3.1 miles14
Thayer Corners3.1 miles14
Burke3.4 miles14
Chateaugay5.8 miles16
Constable6.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973128. 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.