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Carmel Hills, New York

35 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 10512. It stands on Michael Brook. The Survey maps it on the Lake Carmel quadrangle.

Carmel Hills 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 Carmel Hills, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Carmel Hills, surveyed 1892

On record in Carmel Hills

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

13 surveys from 35 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

485 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 485 fires within 5 miles of Carmel Hills between 2000 and 2020, burning about 452 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 66 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/undetermined219
Arson/incendiarism66
Smoking51
Debris and open burning48
Natural38
Power generation/transmission/distribution20
Equipment and vehicle use20
Recreation and ceremony12
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Other causes3

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 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
24 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Carmel Hills: 25 past producers, 6 prospects, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Sulfur, Arsenic, Iron, Sulfur. 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
Brewster MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Croton Magnetite Iron MinesIron, CopperPast Producer1880
Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Gk-013StonePast Producer
Hobby Pyritiferous OreIron, SulfurProspect
Putnam County Arsenic MineArsenic, Sulfur, Iron, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Putnam County Arsenic MineArsenic, Copper, Iron, SulfurPast Producer
Tilly FosterMolybdenumOccurrenceMagnetite, Molybdenite
Hobby Pyritiferous Ore OpeningIron, SulfurPast ProducerUnknown
Putman Co. As MineArsenic, Iron, SulfurPast ProducerVein
Croton - Theall Magnetite MineIron, Copper, SulfurPast Producer1880, 1883

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
Tilly Foster1.4 miles35
Crafts1.7 miles35
Carmel1.8 miles35
Fosters Corners2.0 miles35
Brewster Heights2.0 miles35
Drewville Heights2.0 miles35
Deans Corner2.7 miles35
McLaughlin Acres2.8 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 945858. 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.