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Dixie, New York

41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cortlandt town. It lies in ZIP code area 10567. It stands on Hunter Brook. The Survey maps it on the Mohegan Lake quadrangle.

Dixie 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 Dixie, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Dixie, surveyed 1892

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 41 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

288 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 288 fires within 5 miles of Dixie between 1993 and 2020, burning about 191 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined199
Arson/incendiarism28
Natural17
Smoking12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2006Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Dixie: 12 past producers, 5 prospects, 4 producers, 3 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Emery, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Aluminum. 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
Peekskill AreaTitanium, Metal, Iron, AluminumOccurrence
Peekskill Area ProspectTitanium, Aluminum, IronProspect
Oregon Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Oregon Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clay Pit No. Hl-006ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hl-006ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hl-007ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hl-007ClayPast Producer

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
Huntersville (historical)1.5 miles40
Furnace Woods2.0 miles43
Woodybrook2.6 miles36
Crompond2.7 miles41
Pleasantside2.8 miles43
Mount Airy3.2 miles36
Toddville3.2 miles43
Yorktown3.4 miles41

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2556547. 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.