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Baileytown, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Woodbury town. It lies in ZIP code area 10917. It lies near Cranberry Hill. The Survey maps it on the Popolopen Lake quadrangle.

Baileytown within Orange County

Then and now

1902 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Baileytown, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Baileytown, surveyed 1902

Compare 1902 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 35 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

458 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 458 fires within 5 miles of Baileytown between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,891 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 37 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/undetermined248
Debris and open burning99
Arson/incendiarism37
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Natural14
Smoking13
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use12
Other causes3
Fireworks3
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
8 September 2015Recreation and ceremony16 acresNew York Forest RangersISLAND POND
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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
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

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Baileytown: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica, Graphite. 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
Fall Hill Wernerite DepositGemstoneOccurrence
Peter Wyant Mica Property DepositMica, GraphiteProspect
Arden Mica DepositMicaOccurrence
High Mills Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
High Mills Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highland Mills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Forest of Dean Group of MinesIronPast Producer1756
Forest of Dean MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Tower MineIronPast 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
Central Valley2.7 miles35
Newburgh Junction3.1 miles32
Harriman3.4 miles32
Silver Maples3.6 miles32
Highland Mills3.6 miles32
Woodbury4.1 miles35
Highland Lake Estates4.1 miles32
Arden4.5 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973367. 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.