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Thomasville, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Au Sable town. It lies in ZIP code area 12912. It lies near Arnold Hill. The Survey maps it on the Clintonville quadrangle.

Thomasville within Clinton County

Then and now

1895 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Thomasville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Thomasville, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 24 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

109 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Thomasville between 2002 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined55
Arson/incendiarism26
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning7
Smoking6
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.9 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
24 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2012Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Thomasville: 30 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Titanium, Granite. 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
George W. Smith Ore Bed DepositIron, GranitePast Producer
Pyradey Estate DepositsTitanium, IronOccurrence
Charles Clements QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Emerald QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSurface
Keystone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Arnold Hill GroupIronPast Producer
Arnold Hill MinesIronPast Producer1806, 1835, 1905
Bashaw DepositIronProspect
Battie MineIronPast Producer1858
Battie MineIronPast Producer1836

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
Rogers1.2 miles24
Clintonville1.8 miles24
Harkness4.1 miles19
Stevens Landing5.3 miles24
Black Brook6.9 miles24
Swastika8.2 miles18
Peru8.5 miles19
Ausable Chasm8.6 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973150. 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.