Jefferson Valley, New York
41 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 Indian Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mohegan Lake quadrangle.
Then and now
1892 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 41 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1892 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1899 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500, 12 printings
- 1936 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS West Point quadrangle1:48000
- 1941 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Mohegan Lake quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
477 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 477 fires within 5 miles of Jefferson Valley between 1993 and 2020, burning about 366 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 53 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/undetermined | 262 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Smoking | 41 |
| Natural | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Jefferson Valley: 12 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Manganese, Iron, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathaniel Bradley's Limonite Pits | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Hk-027 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| N. Bradley's Limonite Pit | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Nathaniel Bradley's Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Blackberry Magnetite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Magnetite | |
| Blackberry Magnetite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Blackberry/Mahopac Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Magnetite | |
| Magnetite Mine No. Gk-012 | Iron | Past Producer | Magnetite | |
| Magnetite Mine No. Gk-012 | Iron | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oceola Lake | 0.4 miles | 41 | |
| Jefferson Village | 0.9 miles | 41 | |
| Shrub Oak | 1.7 miles | 41 | |
| Horton Estates | 2.6 miles | 34 | |
| Granite Springs | 2.6 miles | 41 | |
| Shenorock | 2.8 miles | 34 | |
| Yorktown | 3.1 miles | 41 | |
| Lake Mohegan | 3.3 miles | 41 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953975. 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.














