Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.
“Hemlock Fairground is a national historic district and fairground located at Hemlock in Livingston County, New York. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.”
Wikipedia article Hemlock Fairground, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 92 National Register listings published here for Livingston County · listed in 2000 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Hemlock Fairground between 1993 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 19 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 | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | HEMLOCK LAKE TRES FIRE |
| 24 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | HEMLOCK LAKE DOS FIRE |
| 21 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | HEMLOCK LAKE FIRE |
| 13 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 23 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 19 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hemlock Fairground: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livonia Salt Shaft | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Livonia Salt Well | Salt | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hemlock, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hemlock | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hemlock | $12,000 | Thunderstorm winds down large trees and limbs in the Main Street area of Hemlock. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Hemlock | $8,000 | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hemlock | $2,000 | Trees and wires were reported down. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hemlock | $2,000 | Trees and wires were reported down. |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Livonia Baptist Church | 3.4 miles | 1977 |
 | Payne Cobblestone House | 4.8 miles | 2006 |
 | Zebulon Moses Farm Complex | 5.1 miles | 1989 |
 | Ganoung Cobblestone Farmhouse | 5.4 miles | 1989 |
 | Kellerman Log Cabin | 5.7 miles | 2006 |
 | School No. 6 | 6.0 miles | 1989 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 00000347 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Livingston County | All 92 listed properties in this county. |
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