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Finchville, New York

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

Finchville 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 Finchville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Finchville, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

173 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Finchville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 558 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined81
Arson/incendiarism24
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use18
Smoking15
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
5 September 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresNew York Forest RangersCUDDEBACKVILLE FIRE
22 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
4 August 2002Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2018Arson/incendiarismunder 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Finchville: 4 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead. 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
Guymard MineZinc, LeadPast ProducerVein
Guymard Lead-Zinc DepositLead, ZincPast Producer
Washington MineLead, ZincProspect
Champion MineLead, ZincProspect
Otisville MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Washington Mining Co Mine Near OtisvilleZinc, LeadPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Finchville in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024Thunderstorm WindFinchville$2,000Wires down on Greenville Turnpike and Eatontown Road in Greenville NY.

Every storm 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
Guymard1.5 miles19
Myers Grove2.1 miles19
Godeffroy2.5 miles19
Roses Point2.7 miles19
Shin Hollow2.8 miles19
Mount Hope2.9 miles19
Cuddebackville3.0 miles19
Oak Ridge Park3.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972470. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.