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Croton Heights, New York

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Yorktown town. It lies in ZIP code area 10598. It lies near Turkey Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Ossining quadrangle.

Croton Heights within Westchester County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Croton Heights, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Croton Heights, surveyed 1892

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 40 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

214 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Croton Heights between 2000 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined116
Smoking27
Natural21
Arson/incendiarism15
Debris and open burning12
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Debris and open burning3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Croton Heights: 5 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Emery, Corundum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Leardi MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nelson Property DepositCorundumProspect
Somers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Furnace Dock Emery MineEmeryPast ProducerCorundum, Garnet, Magnetite, Sapphire, Spinel
Furnace Dock Emery MineEmeryPast Producer
Kingston Emery MineEmeryPast ProducerCorundum, Garnet, Magnetite, Sapphire, Spinel
Kingston Emery MineEmeryPast Producer
Salt Hill Emery ProspectsEmeryOccurrenceCorundum, Garnet, Magnetite, Sapphire, Spinel
Salt Hill Emery ProspectsEmeryProspect

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
Manhattan Park0.7 miles40
Yorktown Heights1.7 miles41
Kitchawan1.9 miles40
Stanwood2.0 miles35
Huntersville (historical)2.9 miles40
Amawalk3.0 miles41
Dixie3.6 miles41
Yorktown3.6 miles41

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947826. 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.