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Darrowsville, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Chester town. It lies in ZIP code area 12817. It lies near Remington Mountain. The Survey maps it on The Glen quadrangle.

Darrowsville within Warren County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

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 Darrowsville, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Darrowsville, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

88 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Darrowsville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 91 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined30
Debris and open burning17
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersPALMER POND
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersPACK FOREST
2 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Darrowsville: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Garnet, Feldspar, Quartz. 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
Chestertown OccurrenceMica, Feldspar, QuartzPast Producer1897, 1922
Sander Brothers MineGarnetPast Producer1907, 1912, 1925
Willis Brown Property DepositFeldspar, MicaProspect
Town of Chester PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Warrensburg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chestertown ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Warren 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
Chestertown3.0 miles26
The Glen3.6 miles25
South Horicon3.8 miles26
Riverbank4.1 miles30
Starbuckville4.6 miles26
Brant Lake5.4 miles29
Riparius6.2 miles26
Wevertown7.6 miles26

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122561273The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972364. 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.