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Fitch Point, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Salem town. It lies in ZIP code area 12865. It stands on Black Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cossayuna quadrangle.

Fitch Point within Washington County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fitch Point, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Fitch Point, surveyed 1895

On record in Fitch Point

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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

167 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Fitch Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 206 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined77
Debris and open burning53
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
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
29 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
24 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fitch Point: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Al Jean PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kenneth Tracey Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kenneth Tracey Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
East Greenwich1.0 miles27
Greenwich Junction1.4 miles27
Rexleigh1.7 miles27
Salem3.2 miles27
Cossayuna3.4 miles27
Battenville3.7 miles27
Shushan4.6 miles29
Spraguetown5.3 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950186. 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.