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Circleville, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wallkill town. It lies in ZIP code area 10919. It stands on South Branch Pakanasink Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wurtsboro quadrangle.

Circleville within Orange County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Circleville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Circleville, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

491 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 491 fires within 5 miles of Circleville between 1998 and 2020, burning about 388 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 83 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/undetermined297
Arson/incendiarism83
Debris and open burning48
Natural23
Smoking15
Equipment and vehicle use13
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Circleville: 4 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Grosso MaterialsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bloomingburg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bloomingburg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bloomingburg Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Crystal Run PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crystal Run Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Wallkill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wallkill Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

5 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Circleville in 5 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 3 hail, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009LightningCircleville$5,000Lightning struck a shed NW of Circleville causing a fire.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindCircleville$4,000Tree and wires down and on fire on Arnott Lane at Goshen Turnpike.
August 2023HailCircleville-Public report from mPING.
August 2023HailCircleville-Public report of 1 inch hail.
May 1995HailCircleville-no account filed

Every storm 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
Fair Oaks1.5 miles24
Milburn2.2 miles22
Bullville2.4 miles22
Van Burenville2.6 miles23
Scotchtown2.6 miles25
Rockville2.7 miles23
Keystone Park3.3 miles23
Washington Heights3.5 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946706. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.