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Culvertown, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mamakating town. It lies in ZIP code area 12790. The Survey maps it on the Yankee Lake quadrangle.

Culvertown within Sullivan County

Then and now

1909 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Culvertown, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Culvertown, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Culvertown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,443 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined81
Debris and open burning27
Arson/incendiarism22
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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 YorkN/A
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
21 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2017Debris and open burning1.9 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 August 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
21 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sullivan County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Culvertown: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Benson's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sullivan 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
Yankee Lake1.9 miles25
Haven2.1 miles25
Mount Prosper2.6 miles25
Wurtsboro Hills3.6 miles25
Mamakating Park3.9 miles25
Wurtsboro3.9 miles24
Winterton5.2 miles24
Rock Hill5.2 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972357. 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.