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Sweets Crossing, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Northampton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12117. The Survey maps it on the Northville quadrangle.

Sweets Crossing within Fulton County

Then and now

1899 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sweets Crossing, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Sweets Crossing, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

101 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Sweets Crossing between 1992 and 2018, burning about 154 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined37
Debris and open burning30
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 1999Natural70 acresNew York Forest RangersADIRONDACK COMPLEX
7 July 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton 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 Sweets Crossing: 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Quartz, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Crushed Stone ProductsStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tyrell QuarryFeldspar, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Werner ProspectsFeldspar, Stone, QuartzProspect

Every working recorded in Fulton 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
Sacandaga Park2.0 miles23
Cranberry Creek2.5 miles23
Northville2.9 miles23
Carpenters Corners3.2 miles23
Fish House4.6 miles23
Dennies Hollow5.0 miles22
Tomantown5.2 miles22
Benedict5.6 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966927. 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.