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Colonial Acres, New York

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Scarsdale town. It lies in ZIP code area 10583. It stands on West Branch Mamaroneck River. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vernon quadrangle.

Colonial Acres within Westchester County

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Colonial Acres, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Colonial Acres, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

On record in Colonial Acres

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 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 42 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

871 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 871 fires within 5 miles of Colonial Acres between 2000 and 2020, burning about 713 acres in total. 57 started naturally. 81 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/undetermined490
Smoking116
Arson/incendiarism81
Natural57
Recreation and ceremony56
Equipment and vehicle use24
Debris and open burning23
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester 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
Heath Ridge0.7 miles42
Murdock Woods0.8 miles42
Elmcroft Estates0.9 miles34
Heathcote1.0 miles42
Quaker Ridge1.1 miles42
Wilmot Woods1.1 miles42
Pinebrook1.2 miles42
Greens At Cherry Lawn1.2 miles42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947171. 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.