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Central Valley, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Woodbury town. It lies in ZIP code area 10917. It lies near Adria Hill. The Survey maps it on the Popolopen Lake quadrangle. 1,857 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 522 feet above sea level.

Central Valley within Orange County

Then and now

1902 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Central Valley, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Central Valley, surveyed 1902

Compare 1902 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

1,169 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,169 fires within 5 miles of Central Valley between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,049 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 120 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/undetermined479
Debris and open burning379
Arson/incendiarism120
Misuse of fire by a minor73
Equipment and vehicle use40
Natural31
Smoking19
Recreation and ceremony14
Fireworks7
Other causes5
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
8 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Missing 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

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Central Valley: 8 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica, Gemstone. 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
Arden Mica DepositMicaOccurrence
Fall Hill Wernerite DepositGemstoneOccurrence
Blooming Grove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
High Mills Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
High Mills Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highland Mills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bull MineIronPast Producer
Bull MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Clove MineIronPast Producer
Forest of Dean MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite

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
Highland Mills1.1 miles32
Highland Lake Estates1.5 miles32
Woodbury Meadows1.9 miles32
Harriman2.0 miles32
Woodbury2.4 miles35
Silver Maples2.5 miles32
Newburgh Junction2.6 miles32
Kiryas Joel2.6 miles32

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Central ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3826294The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946324. 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.