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Buckberg, New York

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Stony Point town. It lies in ZIP code area 10986. It stands on Buckberg Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Peekskill quadrangle.

Buckberg 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 Buckberg, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Buckberg, surveyed 1892

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 43 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

627 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 627 fires within 5 miles of Buckberg between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,852 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 57 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/undetermined408
Smoking59
Arson/incendiarism57
Natural35
Equipment and vehicle use24
Recreation and ceremony17
Debris and open burning13
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6

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 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rockland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Buckberg: 17 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Emery, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica. 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
Anthony's Nose DepositSulfurPast Producer
Peekskill AreaTitanium, Metal, Iron, AluminumOccurrence
Peekskill Area ProspectTitanium, Aluminum, IronProspect
Peter Wyant Mica Property DepositMica, GraphiteProspect
Phillips MineMolybdenum, UraniumOccurrenceReplacement
Phillips MineSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, UraniumPast Producer1865, 1880
Phillips Mine-Camp Smith AreaCobalt, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, UraniumPast Producer1866
Phillips Sulfide, Magnetite MineIron, Uranium, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, SulfurPast Producer
Phillips Sulfide, Magnetite, and Uranium MineIron, Sulfur, Copper, Nickel, Uranium, Gold, SilverPast Producer1839, 1865
Stony Point MillGypsum-AnhydritePast 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
Tomkins Cove0.5 miles43
Bulsontown1.4 miles35
Stony Point2.3 miles36
Cedar Flats2.3 miles33
Jones Point2.5 miles43
Doodletown (historical)2.6 miles35
West Haverstraw3.7 miles36
Samsondale3.8 miles36

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2074646. 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.