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Union, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cazenovia town. It lies in ZIP code area 13035. It stands on East Branch Limestone Creek. The Survey maps it on the DeRuyter quadrangle. It stands 1,257 feet above sea level.

Union within Madison County

Then and now

1897 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Union, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Union, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

46 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Union between 1993 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined25
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 June 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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 Union: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Cazenovia Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cazenovia Ready Mix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Riedel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
West Woodstock1.5 miles20
Perkins Corner2.0 miles20
New Woodstock2.2 miles18
Ballina3.0 miles20
Juddville3.0 miles20
Rippleton3.2 miles20
Abell Corners3.8 miles20
Atwell Corners4.1 miles20

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 UnionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48740671The 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 973176. 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.