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Cementon, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Catskill town. It lies in ZIP code area 12414. The Survey maps it on the Cementon quadrangle.

Cementon within Greene County

Then and now

1895 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cementon, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Cementon, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

191 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Cementon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 178 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined100
Arson/incendiarism27
Debris and open burning17
Smoking13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Cementon: 19 producers, 19 past producers. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Limestone, General, Flagstone. 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
Paul Blum Cementon PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Quarryville Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Saugerties Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Saxton Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Alsen Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Alsen QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Catskill QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Catskill QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Cementon - Alsen Limestone QuarriesLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Cementon Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Greene 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
Smith Landing0.5 miles27
Alsen1.6 miles27
High Falls3.0 miles27
Kiskatom4.8 miles27
Palenville5.7 miles32
Cauterskill6.1 miles27
Catskill6.5 miles27
Ledgewood Park6.6 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946172. 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.