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Eden, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Warwick town. It lies in ZIP code area 10969. It lies near Pochuck Neck. The Survey maps it on the Pine Island quadrangle. It stands 400 feet above sea level.

Eden 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 Eden, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Eden, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Eden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 363 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined85
Recreation and ceremony17
Arson/incendiarism12
Debris and open burning12
Other causes10
Natural10
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2014Fireworksunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
3 August 1998Smokingunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
27 August 2007Missing 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 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Eden: 7 past producers, 6 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Amity Fluorite DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Corundum, Garnet, Iron, TitaniumOccurrence
Amity Spinel DepositGemstone, CorundumOccurrence
Edenville Fluorite DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Gemstone, Titanium, ZirconiumOccurrence
Pine Island QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Sussex Pit and MillPeatPast ProducerPeat
Bird MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Edenville Ilmenite DepositIron, TitaniumOccurrence
Pine Island QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pine Island Quarry and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Amity Rutile DepositTitaniumOccurrence

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
Wilcox1.2 miles24
Newport1.6 miles24
Pine Island2.0 miles24
Little York2.5 miles24
Amity2.5 miles24
Unionville3.7 miles22
Gardnerville3.9 miles24
Westtown4.1 miles22

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 Q34670267The 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 972440. 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.