BlockWelch Hill, New York
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Turin town. It lies in ZIP code area 13473. It lies near Tug Hill. The Survey maps it on the Glenfield quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1905 USGS Port Leyden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1907 USGS Port Leyden quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1940 USGS Port Leyden quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Glenfield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Welch Hill between 2001 and 2016, burning about 13 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 27 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 May 2001 | Smoking | 6.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 28 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | SMITH RD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Welch Hill: 2 past producers. None of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoch Brothers Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| West Turin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turin | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Hoseville | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Collinsville | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Lyons Falls | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Constableville | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Page | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Glenfield | 6.0 miles | 21 | |
| Glendale | 6.0 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973215. 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.