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Eagle Valley, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Tuxedo town. It lies in ZIP code area 10987. It stands on Summit Brook. The Survey maps it on the Sloatsburg quadrangle.

Eagle Valley within Orange County

Then and now

1891 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Eagle Valley, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Eagle Valley, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 31 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

434 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 434 fires within 5 miles of Eagle Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 748 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 65 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/undetermined200
Arson/incendiarism65
Smoking56
Recreation and ceremony38
Equipment and vehicle use21
Other causes12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Natural11
Debris and open burning10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 YorkNA
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2020Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Eagle Valley: 40 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Graphite, 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
Crystal Run PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ringwood Quarry ProductsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1987
Suffern DepositGraphiteProspect
Alice MineIronPast Producer
Augusta MineIronPast Producer
Bering MineIronPast Producer
Bering/Morehead MinesIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Blue MineIronPast Producer1835, 1873
Blue Mine-New MineIronPast Producer1854
Brennan DepositIronProspect

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Lakeville3.4 miles33
Tuxedo Park3.5 miles31
Sterling Forest5.2 miles33
Laurel Ridge5.6 miles31
Indian Park5.8 miles33
Greenwood Lake5.9 miles33
Clinton Woods6.1 miles31
Tuxedo6.3 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948942. 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.