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Bingham Mills, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clermont town. It lies in ZIP code area 12526. The Survey maps it on the Clermont quadrangle.

Bingham Mills within Columbia County

Then and now

1895 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bingham Mills, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Bingham Mills, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Bingham Mills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined34
Debris and open burning23
Natural10
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2010Natural2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2006Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 July 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Bingham Mills: 9 producers, 9 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sulfur, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Cementon Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Paul Blum Cementon PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Alsen Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cementon Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Elizaville Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
F.H. Stickles & Son S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
F.H. Stickles & Son S & G Pit & MilSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Burden No. 2 Carbonate Iron MineIron, SulfurProducerCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Burden No. 2 Carbonate Iron MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Burden No. 3 Iron Carbonate MineIron, SulfurProducerCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
Blue Store0.7 miles27
Clermont1.7 miles27
Manorton2.1 miles27
Viewmonte2.4 miles27
Burden3.4 miles27
Nevis3.4 miles27
Livingston3.6 miles27
Germantown3.6 miles27

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 Q122556498The 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 972234. 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.