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Canterbury Estates, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in New Windsor town. It lies in ZIP code area 12575. It lies near Buchanan Hill. The Survey maps it on the Maybrook quadrangle.

Canterbury Estates within Orange County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Canterbury Estates, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Canterbury Estates, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 31 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

409 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 409 fires within 5 miles of Canterbury Estates between 1995 and 2020, burning about 294 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 46 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/undetermined247
Arson/incendiarism46
Debris and open burning31
Equipment and vehicle use23
Smoking22
Natural15
Fireworks11
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Canterbury Estates: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Townsend Canterbury MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Campbell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Highland Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Little Britain0.9 miles31
Stewart Terrace1.9 miles35
Denniston2.3 miles35
Rock Tavern2.4 miles31
Beaver Dam Lake2.4 miles35
Woodfield2.7 miles31
Salisbury Mills3.3 miles35
Washingtonville3.3 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2439009. 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.