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Deans Mill, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1986. It stands in New Baltimore town. It lies in ZIP code area 12143. The Survey maps it on the Ravena quadrangle.

Deans Mill within Greene County

Then and now

1893 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Deans Mill, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Deans Mill, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

184 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Deans Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 142 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined89
Arson/incendiarism27
Debris and open burning16
Natural14
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 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 Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Deans Mill: 11 producers, 10 past producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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
Alcove QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Aquetuck Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Aquetuck Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
New Baltimore Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
New Baltimore Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ravena Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Ravena Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ravena QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Ravenna Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Coeymans Clay PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Greene 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
Albrights1.8 miles25
Hannacroix1.9 miles25
New Baltimore2.3 miles25
Otter Hook3.6 miles25
Roberts Hill3.8 miles25
Medway4.7 miles25
Paradise Hill5.5 miles25
Climax5.9 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972371. 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.