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De Lancey, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hamden town. It lies in ZIP code area 13752. It stands on Bagley Brook. The Survey maps it on the Hamden quadrangle. It stands 1,309 feet above sea level.

De Lancey within Delaware County

Then and now

1922 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of De Lancey, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of De Lancey, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

28 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of De Lancey between 2002 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined18
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

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
19 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 August 2016Natural1.5 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 August 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 June 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 May 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 Delaware 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 De Lancey: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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
Hamden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Howe Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Delaware 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
Hamden1.6 miles16
Hawleys2.8 miles17
Fraser2.8 miles16
Mundale5.4 miles15
Delhi5.8 miles16
Colchester6.5 miles17
West Delhi6.8 miles15
Arabia7.9 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on De LanceyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48740452The 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 948101. 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.