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Walker, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Scriba town. It lies in ZIP code area 13126. The Survey maps it on the Oswego East quadrangle.

Walker within Oswego County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Walker, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Walker, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

103 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Walker between 2001 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined64
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning11
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3

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 2016Debris and open burning1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oswego County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Walker: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Erie Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Erie Street PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Scriba PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Scriba PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Scriba PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Scriba1.8 miles22
Lakeview2.2 miles12
Lansing3.0 miles22
North Scriba3.4 miles22
Lycoming3.5 miles22
Hammonds Corner3.6 miles22
Clark Corners3.6 miles22
Oswego3.9 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968677. 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.