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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.

Camby within Dutchess County

Then and now

1893 to 1993

The 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 sheet of Camby, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Camby, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 32 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

128 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined64
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkCART ROAD FIRE
6 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCART ROAD FIRE
21 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
14 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 July 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dover Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerLimonite, Siderite
Dover Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Clove Limonite MineIronPast ProducerLimonite
Clove MineIronPast Producer
Clove Spring Limonite MineIronPast Producer1850, 1871
Clove Spring MineIronPast Producer
Clove Spring Mine/Clove/Unnamed MinesIronPast ProducerResidual
Dover Mine/Foss Ore BedIronPast ProducerResidual
Unnamed Limonite MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed Limonite Mine Dep #49IronPast ProducerLimonite

Every working recorded in Dutchess 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
North Clove1.8 miles32
Chestnut Ridge1.9 miles32
Hoxie Corner2.2 miles32
Verbank2.5 miles32
High Plains2.6 miles35
Littlerest3.3 miles29
Verbank Village3.4 miles32
South Millbrook3.8 miles29

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.