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Haven, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mamakating town. It lies in ZIP code area 12790. The Survey maps it on the Yankee Lake quadrangle.

Haven within Sullivan County

Then and now

1909 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Haven, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Haven, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

193 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Haven between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,585 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined89
Arson/incendiarism29
Debris and open burning26
Smoking15
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
21 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sullivan County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Haven: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, 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
Otisville MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Washington Mining Co Mine Near OtisvilleZinc, LeadPast ProducerVein
Benson's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bloomingburg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bloomingburg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bloomingburg Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Sullivan County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haven in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHaven$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on Highway 209.

Every storm recorded in Sullivan 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
Culvertown2.1 miles25
Winterton3.1 miles24
Yankee Lake3.1 miles25
Wurtsboro3.2 miles24
Mount Prosper3.5 miles25
Wurtsboro Hills3.6 miles25
High View3.7 miles24
Maple Glen3.8 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952385. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.