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Wright, New York

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Putnam town. It lies in ZIP code area 12861. It stands on Charter Brook. The Survey maps it on the Ticonderoga quadrangle.

Wright within Washington County

Then and now

1894 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wright, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Wright, surveyed 1894

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 37 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

58 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Wright between 1993 and 2020, burning about 107 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 10 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/incendiarism10
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning5
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 1996Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
27 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersROGERS ROCK FIRE
17 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2006Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Wright: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Dimension. 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
Mount Defiance MineIronPast Producer1888, 1905
UnnamedStone, DimensionPast Producer1825, 1845
Donovan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
La Vallee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
La Vallee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Putnam3.8 miles31
Putnam Station4.6 miles31
Glenburnie4.7 miles37
Dresden9.0 miles31
Chubbs Dock11.6 miles31
Clemons11.8 miles31
Dresden Center12.0 miles31
Huletts Landing13.0 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973296. 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.