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Colonial Heights, New York

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Yonkers City. It lies in ZIP code area 10710. It stands on Troublesome Brook. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vernon quadrangle.

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

Compare 1891 against another survey:

On record in Colonial Heights

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

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

780 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 780 fires within 5 miles of Colonial Heights between 2000 and 2020, burning about 557 acres in total. 50 started naturally. 89 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/undetermined506
Arson/incendiarism89
Natural50
Recreation and ceremony43
Smoking40
Equipment and vehicle use23
Debris and open burning9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Other causes5

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 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2016Recreation and ceremony6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Missing 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

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Colonial Heights: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Molybdenum, Rhenium, Tungsten, Tantalum. 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
Dobbs Ferry PlantMolybdenum, Rhenium, Tungsten, TantalumProducer
Hickory Lane QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1890

Every working 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
Beverly Crest0.4 miles42
Bronxville Heights0.4 miles42
Mohegan Heights0.5 miles42
Cedar Knolls0.8 miles42
Crestwood0.9 miles42
Tuckahoe1.0 miles42
Crestwood Gardens1.2 miles42
Nepperhan1.4 miles42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947173. 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.