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Huntersville, New York

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Yorktown town. It lies in ZIP code area 10598. It lies near Wilson Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Ossining quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Huntersville within Westchester 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 Huntersville (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Huntersville (historical), 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

278 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Huntersville (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 167 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined196
Arson/incendiarism21
Natural17
Smoking15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2006Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
27 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 Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Huntersville (historical): 8 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 prospects, 3 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Emery, Clay, Vanadium, Lead, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Aluminum. 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
Leardi MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nelson Property DepositCorundumProspect
Ossining AreaVanadium, LeadOccurrenceVanadinite
Peekskill AreaTitanium, Metal, Iron, AluminumOccurrence
Peekskill Area ProspectTitanium, Aluminum, IronProspect
Clay Pit No. Hl-007ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hl-007ClayPast Producer
Croton Avenue Pit & PlantEmeryPlant
De Luca Emery MineEmeryProducerCorundum, Magnetite, Pyrite, Spinel
De Luca Emery MineEmeryPast Producer

Every working recorded in Westchester 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
Dixie1.5 miles41
Mount Airy2.6 miles36
Woodybrook2.8 miles36
Glendale2.8 miles40
Croton Heights2.9 miles40
Kitchawan3.0 miles40
Manhattan Park3.2 miles40
Furnace Woods3.2 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1829077. 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.