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Glendale, New York

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in New Castle town. It lies in ZIP code area 10562. It lies near Motts Hill. The Survey maps it on the Ossining quadrangle.

Glendale within Westchester 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 Glendale, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Glendale, surveyed 1892

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 40 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

366 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 366 fires within 5 miles of Glendale between 1993 and 2020, burning about 276 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined199
Natural47
Debris and open burning28
Recreation and ceremony23
Smoking20
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism16
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2006Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 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 Westchester 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 Glendale: 6 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Emery, Lead, Clay, Vanadium, 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
Nelson Property DepositCorundumProspect
Ossining AreaVanadium, LeadOccurrenceVanadinite
Sing Sing Ag MineLead, Silver, Iron, CopperPast Producer
Sing Sing Silver MineLead, Copper, Silver, Iron, Chromium, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast ProducerChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Silver
Sparta Copper DepositCopper, LeadOccurrence
Clay Pit No. Hl-007ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hl-007ClayPast Producer
Deluca Emery No. 2 MineEmeryProducer
Kingston Emery MineEmeryPast ProducerCorundum, Garnet, Magnetite, Sapphire, Spinel
Kingston Emery MineEmeryPast Producer

Every working recorded in Westchester 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
Crotonville1.5 miles40
Fernbrook Park1.5 miles40
Claremont1.9 miles40
Forest Park1.9 miles40
Mariandale1.9 miles40
Spring Valley2.0 miles40
Harmon2.1 miles36
Mount Airy2.3 miles36

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951200. 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.