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East Middletown, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wallkill town. It lies in ZIP code area 10940. The Survey maps it on the Middletown quadrangle.

East Middletown within Orange County

Then and now

1906 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of East Middletown, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of East Middletown, surveyed 1906

On record in East Middletown

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

680 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 680 fires within 5 miles of East Middletown between 1998 and 2020, burning about 496 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 77 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/undetermined474
Arson/incendiarism77
Debris and open burning43
Natural27
Equipment and vehicle use20
Smoking20
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Debris and open burning1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2005Missing 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of East Middletown: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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
Crystal Run PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crystal Run Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Goshen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Goshen Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Merion Blue-Grass Sod Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Mechanicstown0.6 miles23
Canterbury Knolls0.6 miles23
Middletown1.2 miles23
Midway Park1.5 miles25
Washington Heights2.0 miles23
Keystone Park2.1 miles23
Phillipsburg2.2 miles25
New Hampton2.3 miles23

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 Q122554841The 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 949173. 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.