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Brownsell Corner, New York

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clarkstown town. It lies in ZIP code area 10956. The Survey maps it on the Haverstraw quadrangle.

Brownsell Corner within Rockland 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 Brownsell Corner, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Brownsell Corner, surveyed 1892

On record in Brownsell Corner

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 36 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

2,083 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,083 fires within 5 miles of Brownsell Corner between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,559 acres in total. 99 started naturally. 160 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/undetermined1247
Smoking327
Arson/incendiarism160
Natural99
Equipment and vehicle use78
Recreation and ceremony78
Debris and open burning43
Misuse of fire by a minor32
Power generation/transmission/distribution19

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 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2009Misuse 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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2016Recreation and ceremony6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rockland 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 Brownsell Corner: 8 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Zirconium. 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
Ladentown Copper DepositCopper, ZirconiumOccurrence
Stony Point MillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Haverstraw QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Haverstraw QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Clay Pit No. Hl-008ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hl-008ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hl-009ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hl-009ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hl-010ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hl-010ClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rockland 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
Brookside Park0.9 miles36
New City1.1 miles36
Centenary1.5 miles36
Lake Lucille1.6 miles36
Durant1.9 miles36
New City Park2.2 miles33
Congers2.4 miles36
Garnerville2.6 miles36

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 Q122552993The 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 944962. 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.