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Berkshire Terrace, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Kent town. It lies in ZIP code area 10512. It lies near Big Buck Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Lake Carmel quadrangle.

Berkshire Terrace within Putnam County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Berkshire Terrace, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Berkshire Terrace, surveyed 1892

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

207 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Berkshire Terrace between 1993 and 2020, burning about 301 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined97
Arson/incendiarism29
Natural24
Debris and open burning18
Smoking18
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
21 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 August 2010Smoking1.1 acresAppalachian National Scenic TrailMORGAN STEWART SHELT
5 August 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2012Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Berkshire Terrace: 14 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Arsenic, Iron, Sulfur, Sulfur. 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
Marble Rock Quarry No. 6kMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Marble Rock Quarry No. Gk-011Stone, DimensionPast Producer
Putnam County Arsenic MineArsenic, Sulfur, Iron, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Putnam County Arsenic MineArsenic, Copper, Iron, SulfurPast Producer
Patterson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Patterson Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Brown's QuarryArsenicOccurrence
Fishkill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fishkill Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hobby Pyritiferous OreIron, SulfurProspect

Every working recorded in Putnam 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
Kent Hills1.0 miles35
Ludingtonville1.1 miles32
Carmel Park Estates1.8 miles35
Farmers Mills2.0 miles35
Lake Carmel2.9 miles35
Kent Corners2.9 miles35
Allen Corners3.0 miles35
Meads Corners3.6 miles40

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 Q122568247The 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 972226. 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.