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Craigville, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Blooming Grove town. It lies in ZIP code area 10918. It stands on Seely Brook. The Survey maps it on the Maybrook quadrangle.

Craigville within Orange County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Craigville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Craigville, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

949 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 949 fires within 5 miles of Craigville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 701 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 110 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/undetermined373
Debris and open burning286
Arson/incendiarism110
Smoking53
Misuse of fire by a minor52
Equipment and vehicle use31
Natural22
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Fireworks5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes2

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 YorkNA
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Craigville: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Bull MineIronPast Producer
Bull MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Ranier Hill ProspectIronProspect
Blooming Grove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chester PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chester Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kakargo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Farmingdale1.0 miles31
Renee Gardens1.7 miles25
Greycourt1.9 miles25
Valley View At Chester2.0 miles25
Chester2.4 miles25
Bull Mine2.7 miles32
Oxford2.7 miles32
Blooming Grove2.8 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947645. 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.