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Hortontown, New York

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Kent town. It lies in ZIP code area 10512. The Survey maps it on the Oscawana Lake quadrangle.

Hortontown within Putnam 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 Hortontown, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Hortontown, 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

220 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 220 fires within 5 miles of Hortontown between 1993 and 2020, burning about 336 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined101
Arson/incendiarism24
Smoking23
Debris and open burning21
Natural20
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5

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
30 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Hortontown: 20 past producers, 5 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Titanium, Metal. 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
Borrow PitStone, ClayPast Producer
Brown's QuarryArsenicOccurrence
Canada Magnetite MineIron, Titanium, MetalPast ProducerMagnetite
Canada MineIron, TitaniumPast Producer
Chalmers Fahnestock Uranium ClaimsUraniumProspect
Probably Borrow Pit of Limestone Or Unconsolidated MaterialStone, ClayPast Producer
Stormville PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Granitic Gneiss Rock QuarryStonePast Producer
Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Hk-025StonePast Producer
Canada MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite

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
Meads Corners1.8 miles40
Dicktown (historical)1.9 miles40
Richardsville2.6 miles40
Farmers Mills3.0 miles35
Allen Corners3.1 miles35
Carmel Park Estates3.2 miles35
Kent Cliffs3.7 miles40
Berkshire Terrace4.9 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953260. 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.