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Chelsea Cove, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Beekman town. It lies in ZIP code area 12533. The Survey maps it on the Poughquag quadrangle.

Chelsea Cove 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 Chelsea Cove, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Chelsea Cove, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

255 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Chelsea Cove between 1993 and 2020, burning about 270 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 32 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/undetermined122
Arson/incendiarism32
Natural28
Debris and open burning26
Smoking25
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Chelsea Cove: 34 past producers, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone. 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
Borrow PitStone, ClayPast Producer
Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialClay, StonePast ProducerChert
Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialStone, ClayPast ProducerChert
Stormville PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Beekman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Beekman Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Billings PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bruzgul PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cheer Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clapp Hill Gravel BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Sylvan Lake0.8 miles32
Arthursburg1.6 miles34
Beekman1.8 miles32
Green Haven2.4 miles32
Hillside Lake2.7 miles35
Lagrangeville2.7 miles34
Stormville3.0 miles32
Clove Valley3.5 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806925. 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.