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Bullet Hole, New York

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Carmel town. It lies in ZIP code area 10541. It lies near Bryant Hill. The Survey maps it on the Oscawana Lake quadrangle.

Bullet Hole 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 Bullet Hole, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Bullet Hole, surveyed 1892

On record in Bullet Hole

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

15 surveys from 40 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

432 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 432 fires within 5 miles of Bullet Hole between 1993 and 2020, burning about 352 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 51 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/undetermined225
Arson/incendiarism51
Debris and open burning43
Smoking39
Natural28
Equipment and vehicle use18
Recreation and ceremony13
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Other causes1

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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2001Recreation and ceremony15 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Bullet Hole: 27 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Titanium, Stone. 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
Denny MineTitanium, IronProspect
Nathaniel Bradley's Limonite PitsIron, ManganesePast ProducerLimonite
Granitic Gneiss Rock QuarryStonePast Producer
Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Hk-027StonePast Producer
N. Bradley's Limonite PitIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Nathaniel Bradley's Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Pratt MineIron, TitaniumPast Producer
Sackett MineIron, TitaniumPast Producer
Stewart MineIron, TitaniumPast Producer
Canada Magnetite MineIron, Titanium, MetalPast ProducerMagnetite

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
Tompkins Corners0.9 miles40
West Mahopac1.3 miles41
Mahopac Mines1.7 miles40
Mahopac Falls1.9 miles41
Stillwater2.4 miles41
Mahopac3.2 miles34
Baldwin Place3.3 miles41
Oscawana Corners3.6 miles40

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 945140. 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.