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.
Then and now
1911 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1911 USGS Lyon Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Lyon Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1931 USGS Lyon Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1968 USGS Redford quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lake Champlain North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | LEROYS FIRE |
| 30 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 29 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Brook Mines | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Black Brook Propect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Dills and La Oake Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Hogback Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Hogback Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Lavake Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Rock Ore Bed | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Rutgers Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Rutgers Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Kilns | 2.6 miles | 27 | |
| Stevens Landing | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| Black Brook | 3.9 miles | 24 | |
| Hawkeye | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Redford | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Clayburg | 7.1 miles | 18 | |
| Peasleeville | 7.6 miles | 19 | |
| Thomasville | 8.2 miles | 24 |
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 Swastika | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18158928 | The 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.







