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Gayville, New York

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Southeast town. It lies in ZIP code area 10509. It lies near Farrell Hill. The Survey maps it on the Brewster quadrangle.

Gayville within Putnam County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

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 Gayville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Gayville, surveyed 1892

On record in Gayville

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

14 surveys from 37 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

364 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 364 fires within 5 miles of Gayville between 2001 and 2020, burning about 374 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 56 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/undetermined165
Arson/incendiarism56
Smoking37
Natural34
Debris and open burning29
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Other causes3

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 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Gayville: 8 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sulfur, Molybdenum, Iron, Sulfur. 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
Hobby Pyritiferous Ore OpeningIron, SulfurPast ProducerUnknown
Marble Rock Quarry No. 6kMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Marble Rock Quarry No. Gk-011Stone, DimensionPast Producer
Tilly FosterMolybdenumOccurrenceMagnetite, Molybdenite
Hobby Pyritiferous OreIron, SulfurProspect
Towners Pyrite DepositSulfurOccurrence
Brady Farm ShaftIronProspect
Brewster Magnetite MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Brewster MinesIronPast Producer1810
Brewster/Tilly Foster MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite

Every working recorded in Putnam 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
Doanesburgh (historical)0.5 miles37
Sears Corners0.9 miles37
Steinbeck Corners1.4 miles37
Brewster Hill1.6 miles37
Elm Tree Corner1.7 miles37
Deforest Corners1.8 miles37
Dykemans1.9 miles37
Barnum Corners2.0 miles37

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2628291. 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.