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Johnson, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Minisink town. It lies in ZIP code area 10933. It stands on Indigot Creek. The Survey maps it on the Unionville quadrangle. It stands 509 feet above sea level.

Johnson within Orange County

Then and now

1906 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Johnson, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Johnson, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

169 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Johnson between 1995 and 2020, burning about 130 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined97
Natural18
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 1995Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Johnson: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Pellets Island PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pellets Island Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Westtown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Westtown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Westtown Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Westtown Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Millsburg1.1 miles22
South Centerville1.6 miles19
Gardnerville1.8 miles24
Slate Hill2.3 miles23
Castle High Estates2.4 miles19
Breeze Hill Estates2.7 miles24
Westtown2.7 miles22
Ridgebury3.1 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on JohnsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q38249772The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954102. 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.