Camby, New York
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Union Vale town. It lies in ZIP code area 12545. It lies near Brush Hill. The Survey maps it on the Verbank quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 32 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1946 USGS Verbank quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Verbank quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Verbank quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
128 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Camby between 1993 and 2020, burning about 222 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined | 64 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | CART ROAD FIRE |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | CART ROAD FIRE |
| 21 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 14 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Camby: 18 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Iron, Manganese, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Limonite, Siderite | |
| Dover Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Clove Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Clove Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Clove Spring Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1850, 1871 | |
| Clove Spring Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Clove Spring Mine/Clove/Unnamed Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Dover Mine/Foss Ore Bed | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Unnamed Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limonite Mine Dep #49 | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Clove | 1.8 miles | 32 | |
| Chestnut Ridge | 1.9 miles | 32 | |
| Hoxie Corner | 2.2 miles | 32 | |
| Verbank | 2.5 miles | 32 | |
| High Plains | 2.6 miles | 35 | |
| Littlerest | 3.3 miles | 29 | |
| Verbank Village | 3.4 miles | 32 | |
| South Millbrook | 3.8 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972291. 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.













