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West Frankfort, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Frankfort town. It lies in ZIP code area 13340. It stands on Ferguson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Utica East quadrangle.

West Frankfort within Herkimer County

Then and now

1898 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of West Frankfort, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of West Frankfort, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

344 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 344 fires within 5 miles of West Frankfort between 2000 and 2020, burning about 217 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 40 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/undetermined168
Smoking54
Debris and open burning40
Arson/incendiarism40
Natural24
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
6 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
25 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 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 Herkimer 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 West Frankfort: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Semiprecious Gemstone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Unnamed Brick Clay DepositClayPast Producer
West PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Herkimer 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
Harbor1.0 miles24
West Schuyler1.0 miles24
Baker Corners1.9 miles24
Frankfort Center2.8 miles24
Stewart Corners3.9 miles24
Gulph5.4 miles24
East Schuyler5.4 miles23
Norwich Corners5.6 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 969228. 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.