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Arden, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Tuxedo town. It lies in ZIP code area 10975. It stands on Arden Brook. The Survey maps it on the Monroe quadrangle. It stands 210 feet above sea level.

Arden within Orange County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Arden, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Arden, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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

980 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 980 fires within 5 miles of Arden between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,091 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 101 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/undetermined384
Debris and open burning327
Arson/incendiarism101
Misuse of fire by a minor63
Equipment and vehicle use40
Smoking20
Natural20
Recreation and ceremony18
Other causes4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
8 September 2015Recreation and ceremony16 acresNew York Forest RangersISLAND POND
8 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Arden: 6 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Mica, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Crystal Run PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arden Mica DepositMicaOccurrence
Lake Winade Mica MineMicaPast Producer
Clove MineIronPast Producer
Mombasha Lake Magnetite AreaIronPast Producer1740
Mombasha Mine/O'Neill/Forshee/Clove MinesIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Wetherby Mine/Rattlesnake MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Indian Hill1.5 miles32
Newburgh Junction1.7 miles32
Silver Maples1.9 miles32
Southfields2.4 miles31
Harriman2.4 miles32
Tuxedo2.9 miles31
Hillside Plaza3.2 miles32
Clinton Woods3.5 miles31

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on ArdenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2860718The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972174. 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.