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Town of Seneca Falls, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Seneca Falls town. It lies in ZIP code area 13148. It stands on Sampson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Seneca Falls quadrangle.

Town of Seneca Falls within Seneca County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Town of Seneca Falls, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Town of Seneca Falls, surveyed 1902

On record in Town of Seneca Falls

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 7 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

87 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Town of Seneca Falls between 1997 and 2020, burning about 91 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined43
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning8
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seneca County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Town of Seneca Falls: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
Devils Gulch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Seneca Falls Well No.12SaltPast Producer
Seneca QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Seneca Quarry and PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Seneca 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
Lehigh Valley Junction1.6 miles24
Bridgeport2.4 miles24
Waterloo3.5 miles24
Mud Lock4.1 miles26
Parr Harbor4.3 miles23
Magee4.4 miles24
Canoga Springs4.4 miles22
Canoga4.7 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964826. 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.