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Harmony Park, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Patterson town. It lies in ZIP code area 12563. It lies near Iron Hill. The Survey maps it on the Poughquag quadrangle.

Harmony Park within Putnam County

Then and now

1893 to 1993

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 Harmony Park, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Harmony Park, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 32 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

206 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Harmony Park between 1993 and 2020, burning about 336 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 34 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/undetermined106
Arson/incendiarism34
Natural21
Debris and open burning13
Smoking13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
26 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2019Smokingunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCRANBERRY MOUNTAIN
17 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 Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Harmony Park: 10 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sulfur, Iron, Sulfur, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Marble Rock Quarry No. 6kMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Marble Rock Quarry No. Gk-011Stone, DimensionPast Producer
Oneil Gravel Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pauling Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1825, 1870
Pawling MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Hobby Pyritiferous Ore OpeningIron, SulfurPast ProducerUnknown
Ludingtonville Pyrite ProspectIron, SulfurOccurrenceMetamorphic
Patterson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Patterson Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hobby Pyritiferous OreIron, SulfurProspect

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
West Patterson0.7 miles32
Patterson1.4 miles35
Couch Corners1.5 miles37
Towners1.7 miles37
Akins Corners2.1 miles35
Kent Corners2.8 miles35
Haines Corners3.0 miles37
Kent Hills3.0 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2460777. 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.