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Igerna, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Chester town. It lies in ZIP code area 12853. It lies near Henderson Mountain. The Survey maps it on the North Creek quadrangle.

Igerna within Warren County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

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 Igerna, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Igerna, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

109 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Igerna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 234 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined43
Debris and open burning15
Natural13
Arson/incendiarism12
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2001Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
21 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 1997Natural10 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
4 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
27 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Igerna: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Garnet, Graphite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica, Quartz, Feldspar. 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
International Graphite Co. PropertyGraphite, Feldspar, Quartz, Mica, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer1899, 1901
Unnamed OccurrenceGarnet, Mica, Quartz, FeldsparOccurrence1925, 1975
Unnamed OccurrenceGraniteOccurrenceMetamorphic
Unnamed OccurrenceGranite, Quartz, MicaOccurrenceGranite, Mica, Quartz
Brannon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Perkins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
International Graphite Co.MineGraphitePast Producer
Johnson-Braden Graphite MineGraphitePast Producer
Rexford DepositGarnetPast Producer
Rexford MineGarnetPast Producer1892, 1897

Every working recorded in Warren 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
North Creek3.9 miles26
Holcombville4.1 miles26
Riparius4.5 miles26
Pottersville5.4 miles26
Wevertown6.4 miles26
North River6.8 miles27
Sodom7.4 miles26
Johnsburg7.6 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972645. 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.