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Greenwich Junction, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Salem town. It lies in ZIP code area 12865. It stands on Blind Buck Stream. The Survey maps it on the Salem quadrangle.

Greenwich Junction within Washington County

Then and now

1895 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Greenwich Junction, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Greenwich Junction, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

On record in Greenwich Junction

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 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

144 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Greenwich Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 212 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined71
Debris and open burning37
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3

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
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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 July 2012Missing 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 Greenwich Junction: 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
Rexleigh1.0 miles27
Fitch Point1.4 miles27
Salem2.1 miles27
East Greenwich2.4 miles27
Shushan4.1 miles29
Cossayuna4.6 miles27
Battenville4.7 miles27
Eagleville5.0 miles29

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122593335The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972569. 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.