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Wethersfield Springs, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Wethersfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 14569. The Survey maps it on the Warsaw quadrangle.

Wethersfield Springs within Wyoming County

Then and now

1905 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wethersfield Springs, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Wethersfield Springs, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

55 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Wethersfield Springs between 2003 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning12
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
17 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 July 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 July 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wyoming 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 Wethersfield Springs: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, 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
Geyers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
A.Kerr Bros.& Co.WellSaltPast Producer
Bradley Salt Co.Salt WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wyoming 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
Hermitage2.6 miles17
Halls Corner3.8 miles17
North Gainesville3.8 miles17
South Warsaw4.3 miles17
Smiths Corner4.5 miles14
Martinsville4.6 miles17
Newburg4.6 miles17
Rock Glen4.6 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q122562146The 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 970954. 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.