BlockBefore

Indian Park, New York

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Warwick town. It lies in ZIP code area 10925. It lies near Bellvale Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood Lake quadrangle.

Indian Park within Orange County

Then and now

1891 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 95 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 Park, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Indian Park, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 33 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

341 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 341 fires within 5 miles of Indian Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 410 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 36 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/undetermined162
Recreation and ceremony43
Arson/incendiarism36
Debris and open burning29
Equipment and vehicle use17
Smoking16
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Natural10
Other causes9
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
28 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
28 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Indian Park: 34 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Titanium. 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
Ringwood Quarry ProductsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1987
Rocky Hill MineIron, TitaniumPast Producer
Sterling PeatPeatPast ProducerPeat
Ringwood Quarry Products, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ringwood Washed Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Alice MineIronPast Producer
Augusta MineIronPast Producer
Brennan DepositIronProspect
Centennial MineIronPast Producer1875, 1880
Cooley's MineIronPast ProducerResidual

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
Greenwood Lake1.4 miles33
Sterling Forest1.8 miles33
Rocky Hill2.6 miles33
Lakeville2.8 miles33
Bellvale2.9 miles25
Homestead Village3.4 miles25
Dutch Hollow3.4 miles33
Warwick4.2 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953680. 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.