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Arthur Manor, New York

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Scarsdale town. It lies in ZIP code area 10583. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vernon quadrangle.

Arthur Manor within Westchester County

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Arthur Manor, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Arthur Manor, surveyed 1891

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On record in Arthur Manor

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 42 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

923 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 923 fires within 5 miles of Arthur Manor between 2000 and 2020, burning about 800 acres in total. 63 started naturally. 90 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/undetermined514
Smoking123
Arson/incendiarism90
Natural63
Recreation and ceremony62
Equipment and vehicle use25
Debris and open burning20
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Other causes4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester 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
Scarsdale Park0.5 miles42
Wilmot Woods0.7 miles42
Scarsdale Downs0.7 miles42
Quaker Ridge0.8 miles42
White Birches0.8 miles42
Maplewood0.9 miles42
Heath Ridge1.0 miles42
Heathcote1.1 miles42

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.

Wikidata item Q122558105The 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 942595. 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.