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Indian Hill, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Tuxedo town. It lies in ZIP code area 10975. It stands on Stahahe Brook. The Survey maps it on the Monroe quadrangle.

Indian Hill within Orange County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Indian Hill, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Indian Hill, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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

378 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 378 fires within 5 miles of Indian Hill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,482 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 49 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/undetermined200
Arson/incendiarism49
Debris and open burning46
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Equipment and vehicle use18
Recreation and ceremony17
Smoking12
Natural12
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
8 September 2015Recreation and ceremony16 acresNew York Forest RangersISLAND POND
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange 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 Indian Hill: 9 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Peat. 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
Sterling PeatPeatPast ProducerPeat
Arden Mica DepositMicaOccurrence
Crystal Run PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lake Winade Mica MineMicaPast Producer
Trout Brook PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clove MineIronPast Producer
Long MineIronPast Producer1761
Mombasha Lake Magnetite AreaIronPast Producer1740
Mombasha Mine/O'Neill/Forshee/Clove MinesIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Scott Group of MinesIronPast ProducerMagnetite

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Southfields1.1 miles31
Arden1.5 miles32
Tuxedo1.6 miles31
Clinton Woods2.0 miles31
Laurel Ridge2.5 miles31
Newburgh Junction3.2 miles32
Silver Maples3.2 miles32
Harriman3.7 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972648. 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.