The Elms, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sandy Creek town. It lies in ZIP code area 13145. It stands on Lindsey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ellisburg quadrangle.

The Elms within Oswego County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of The Elms, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of The Elms, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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.

1895 USGS Pulaski quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
1943 USGS Ellisburg quadrangle1:31680
1958 USGS Ellisburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Pulaski quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

46 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of The Elms between 1999 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined	35
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Natural	2
Debris and open burning	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
7 September 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
20 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
11 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 August 2016	Recreation and ceremony	1.3 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
31 August 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
27 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
19 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 August 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oswego 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Sandy Pond	2.0 miles	19
Rainbow Shores	3.7 miles	22
Sandy Creek	4.8 miles	22
Community Park	5.0 miles	22
Lacona	5.7 miles	22
Bethel Corners	6.4 miles	22
Selkirk	6.4 miles	22
Port Ontario	6.8 miles	22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 967234. 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.