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Wildwood, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Colton town. It lies in ZIP code area 13625. The Survey maps it on the Colton quadrangle.

Wildwood within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1908 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wildwood, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Wildwood, surveyed 1908

Compare 1908 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

90 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Wildwood between 1998 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined48
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes1

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 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest RangersALLEN FALLS 2
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest RangersALLEN FALLS 1
27 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Wildwood: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Talc-Soapstone. 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
Brown's School ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Clafin School DepositIronProspect
Unnamed Iron DepositIronOccurrence
Frank Randall Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence 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
Colton2.2 miles18
High Flats2.2 miles18
Willisville2.9 miles18
South Colton3.7 miles18
West Parishville4.3 miles18
Parishville Center4.6 miles19
Coney Island4.8 miles18
Hannawa Falls5.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 977275. 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.