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Cold Spring Park, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Crown Point town. It lies in ZIP code area 12928. It lies near Coot Hill. The Survey maps it on the Crown Point quadrangle.

Cold Spring Park within Essex County

Then and now

1894 to 1989

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 Cold Spring Park, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Cold Spring Park, surveyed 1894

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Cold Spring Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 218 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined38
Debris and open burning20
Natural15
Arson/incendiarism12
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarism6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 August 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
17 August 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2003Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex 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 Cold Spring Park: 15 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Graphite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Feldspar. 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
Craig Harbor MineIron, REE, TitaniumPast Producer
Crown Point QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Lee MineIron, Titanium, MetalPast ProducerReplacement
Millbrook DepositGraphite, QuartzOccurrence
Mineville MinesIron, REE, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1810, 1824
Roe MineFeldspar, Mica, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer1906, 1925
Treadway QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer1875
Lee MineIron, REEPast Producer
Mineville DumpsREEPast ProducerSurface
Spar Bed Hill QuarryFeldspar, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Essex 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
Burdick Crossing2.8 miles32
Port Henry3.5 miles28
Moriah3.7 miles28
Factoryville3.7 miles32
Crown Point3.9 miles32
Crown Point Center3.9 miles32
Moriah Center4.7 miles28
Grover Hills5.8 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972331. 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.