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Washington Mills, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in New Hartford town. It lies in ZIP code area 13413. It stands on Chapman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Utica West quadrangle.

Washington Mills within Oneida 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 Washington Mills, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Washington Mills, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

377 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 377 fires within 5 miles of Washington Mills between 2000 and 2020, burning about 232 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 45 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/undetermined193
Smoking53
Arson/incendiarism45
Debris and open burning37
Natural24
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
9 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2000Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2000Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Washington Mills: 12 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Ace of Diamonds MineSemiprecious GemstoneProducer1967
Cittadino QuarryLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Brick Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Jones & Smith Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jones & Smith Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ludlow Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Ludlow Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
West PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Borst MinesIronPast Producer
Brimfield MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida 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
Brookside Manor1.1 miles26
Chadwicks1.5 miles26
New Hartford1.8 miles26
Chuckery Corners3.2 miles26
Sauquoit3.2 miles26
New York Mills3.9 miles26
Paris4.0 miles26
Utica4.1 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968857. 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.