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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.

Jefferson Valley 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 Jefferson Valley, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Jefferson Valley, surveyed 1892

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 41 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

477 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined262
Arson/incendiarism53
Debris and open burning43
Smoking41
Natural34
Equipment and vehicle use14
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Other causes1

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 YorkNA
6 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2001Recreation and ceremony15 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Nathaniel Bradley's Limonite PitsIron, ManganesePast ProducerLimonite
Granitic Gneiss Rock QuarryStonePast Producer
Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Hk-027StonePast Producer
N. Bradley's Limonite PitIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Nathaniel Bradley's Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Blackberry Magnetite MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Blackberry Magnetite MineIronPast Producer
Blackberry/Mahopac MinesIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Magnetite Mine No. Gk-012IronPast ProducerMagnetite
Magnetite Mine No. Gk-012IronPast 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
Oceola Lake0.4 miles41
Jefferson Village0.9 miles41
Shrub Oak1.7 miles41
Horton Estates2.6 miles34
Granite Springs2.6 miles41
Shenorock2.8 miles34
Yorktown3.1 miles41
Lake Mohegan3.3 miles41

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.