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Swastika, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Black Brook town. It lies in ZIP code area 12985. It stands on Taylor Pond Outlet. The Survey maps it on the Redford quadrangle.

Swastika within Clinton 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 Swastika, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Swastika, 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Swastika between 1992 and 2020, burning about 172 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 19 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
Arson/incendiarism19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Natural9
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2007Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersLEROYS FIRE
30 August 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
29 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Swastika: 7 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Black Brook MinesIronPast Producer
Black Brook PropectIronOccurrence
Dills and La Oake MineIronPast ProducerSurface
Hogback DepositIronPast Producer
Hogback MineIronPast Producer
Lavake MineIronPast Producer
Rock Ore BedIronProspect
Rutgers DepositIronPast ProducerSurface
Rutgers MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clinton 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
East Kilns2.6 miles27
Stevens Landing3.1 miles24
Black Brook3.9 miles24
Hawkeye5.2 miles18
Redford7.0 miles18
Clayburg7.1 miles18
Peasleeville7.6 miles19
Thomasville8.2 miles24

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.

Wikipedia article on SwastikaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18158928The 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 973131. 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.