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Keene, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Keene town. It lies in ZIP code area 12942. It stands on Jones Brook. The Survey maps it on the Keene quadrangle.

Keene within Essex County

Then and now

1896 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Keene, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Keene, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

On record in Keene

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 28 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

33 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Keene between 2002 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined13
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
Smoking1

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
3 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHURRICANE MT FIRE
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 July 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Keene: 8 past producers, 4 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension. 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
John Wells Mica Property DepositMicaProspect
Keene QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Beede's QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Keene MineIronPast Producer1872, 1880
Rogers Ore Bed ProspectIronOccurrenceReplacement
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
W. B. Washburn Property ProspectIronProspect
Deighan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Essex County

Storms near this place

6 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keene in 6 storm reports between 2005 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2011Flash FloodKeene$100,000Rock slide along Route 73 near Cascade Lake as well as other water covered and partially washed out sections of Route 73 in Keene.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindKeene$5,000Tree and utility lines downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindKeene$5,000Several reports of trees down in the Keene vicinity.
June 2006FloodKeene$5,000no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindKeene$5,000no account filed
November 2006Thunderstorm WindKeene$4,000Trees and powerlines down in Keene and Keene Valley.

Every storm recorded in Essex 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
Glenmore2.6 miles23
Keene Valley4.6 miles29
Upper Jay5.6 miles28
Saint Huberts6.9 miles29
Shady Corner Curve7.8 miles29
North Elba8.6 miles29
Jay8.9 miles24
Wilmington9.2 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954431. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.