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Clinton Woods, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Tuxedo town. It lies in ZIP code area 10987. It lies near Hogback Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Sloatsburg quadrangle.

Clinton Woods within Orange County

Then and now

1891 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clinton Woods, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Clinton Woods, surveyed 1891

On record in Clinton Woods

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 31 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

238 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 238 fires within 5 miles of Clinton Woods between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,514 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined141
Arson/incendiarism23
Recreation and ceremony21
Equipment and vehicle use15
Debris and open burning12
Natural9
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2015Recreation and ceremony16 acresNew York Forest RangersISLAND POND
8 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Clinton Woods: 22 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Peat. 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
Sterling PeatPeatPast ProducerPeat
Arden Mica DepositMicaOccurrence
Crystal Run PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lake Winade Mica MineMicaPast Producer
Trout Brook PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Alice MineIronPast Producer
Augusta MineIronPast Producer
Clove MineIronPast Producer
Crossway MineIronPast Producer1793
Long MineIronPast Producer1761

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
Laurel Ridge0.5 miles31
Tuxedo1.3 miles31
Southfields1.5 miles31
Indian Hill2.0 miles32
Tuxedo Park3.5 miles31
Arden3.5 miles32
Dutch Hollow3.8 miles33
Lakeville4.3 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2440617. 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.