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Zurich, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Arcadia town. It lies in ZIP code area 14551. It lies near Brantling Hill. The Survey maps it on the Sodus quadrangle.

Zurich within Wayne County

Then and now

1899 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Zurich, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Zurich, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 20 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

146 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Zurich between 2001 and 2020, burning about 116 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 42 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/undetermined69
Arson/incendiarism42
Debris and open burning21
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
29 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne 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 Zurich: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Highway Dept PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sodus QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sodus Quarry and PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Wayne 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
Thorntons Corner2.4 miles20
Fairville3.0 miles22
South Sodus3.2 miles23
Sodus Center3.9 miles20
Joy3.9 miles20
Minsteed4.1 miles20
Lime Kiln4.4 miles20
Wayne Center4.5 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973311. 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.