Zoar, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rodman town. It lies in ZIP code area 13682. It stands on Gulf Stream. The Survey maps it on the Rodman quadrangle.

Zoar within Jefferson County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Zoar, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Zoar, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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.

1895 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:62500
1898 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1908 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:62500
1909 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1943 USGS Rodman quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Rodman quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

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 Zoar between 2003 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined	34
Debris and open burning	7
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Arson/incendiarism	4
Natural	3
Smoking	2

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
27 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
22 September 2018	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
1 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
5 August 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
24 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
24 August 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
20 August 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Zoar: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
	Adams Center Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Rodman	1.1 miles	23
Dillen	2.5 miles	23
Honeyville	3.1 miles	23
East Rodman	3.7 miles	25
Adams Center	4.4 miles	21
Rices	4.8 miles	23
Worth	5.7 miles	23
Watertown Center	5.8 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973310. 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.