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High View, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mamakating town. It lies in ZIP code area 12721. It stands on Willsey Brook. The Survey maps it on the Wurtsboro quadrangle.

High View within Sullivan County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of High View, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of High View, surveyed 1904

On record in High View

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

11 surveys from 24 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

247 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of High View between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,264 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 54 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/incendiarism54
Debris and open burning30
Smoking22
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
7 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire 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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sullivan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of High View: 5 producers, 5 past producers, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Zinc. 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
Irving Jones ProspectZinc, LeadProspect
Shawangunk MineZinc, LeadPast ProducerVein
Shawangunk MineCopper, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Benson's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bloomingburg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bloomingburg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bloomingburg Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Phillipsort MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Phillipsort MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wallkill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Bloomingburg1.0 miles24
Wurtsboro2.0 miles24
Winterton2.5 miles24
Roosa Gap3.4 miles24
Maple Glen3.4 miles24
Wurtsboro Hills3.4 miles25
Haven3.7 miles25
Summitville4.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952768. 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.