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Farmingdale, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Blooming Grove town. It lies in ZIP code area 10918. It stands on Seely Brook. The Survey maps it on the Maybrook quadrangle.

Farmingdale within Orange County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Farmingdale, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Farmingdale, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

452 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 452 fires within 5 miles of Farmingdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 393 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 54 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/undetermined232
Debris and open burning55
Arson/incendiarism54
Smoking49
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural11
Fireworks6
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes1

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 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
28 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Farmingdale: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Neelytown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bull MineIronPast Producer
Bull MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Ranier Hill ProspectIronProspect
Blooming Grove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Campbell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chester PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highland Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Craigville1.0 miles31
Blooming Grove2.3 miles31
Renee Gardens2.5 miles25
Tappan Hill2.5 miles31
Hamptonburgh2.7 miles25
Valley View At Chester2.8 miles25
Greycourt2.8 miles25
Girarde3.0 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972460. 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.