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Blue Store, New York

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

Blue Store 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 Blue Store, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Blue Store, surveyed 1895

On record in Blue Store

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 1 record

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

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

95 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Blue Store between 1992 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined36
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking6
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
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
8 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2006Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 July 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Blue Store: 7 producers, 7 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sulfur, 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
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
Burden No. 3 Iron Carbonate MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Cedar Hill Iron Carbonate MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Cedar Hill Iron Carbonate OpeningsIron, SulfurProducerCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Livington's 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
Bingham Mills0.7 miles27
Manorton1.5 miles27
Clermont1.7 miles27
Viewmonte3.1 miles27
Livingston3.1 miles27
Snyderville3.2 miles27
Burden3.5 miles27
Nevis3.6 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944334. 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.