Keene Valley, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Keene town. It lies in ZIP code area 12943. It stands on Johns Brook. The Survey maps it on the Keene Valley quadrangle.
Then and now
1895 to 1999The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1895 against another survey:
On record in Keene Valley
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 7 records
Beer's Bridgelisted 1999
Keene Valley Librarylisted 2000
Notman Bridgelisted 1999
Ranney Bridgelisted 1999
Uplands, Thelisted 2016- Keene Valley Country Clublisted 2020
- Slater Bridgelisted 1999
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 29 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.
- 1895 USGS Mt. Marcy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1902 USGS Mt. Marcy quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Mount Marcy quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Keene Valley quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lake Champlain South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Keene Valley quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Keene Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 168 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | GIANT MOUNTAIN FIRE |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | HURRICANE MT FIRE |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BLUEBERRY MOUNTAIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Keene Valley: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beede's Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Keene Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1872, 1880 | |
| Rogers Ore Bed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hickey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hickey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Keene Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Keene Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Huberts | 2.3 miles | 29 | |
| Keene | 4.6 miles | 28 | |
| Glenmore | 5.0 miles | 23 | |
| Shady Corner Curve | 7.9 miles | 29 | |
| Underwood | 9.1 miles | 28 | |
| New Russia | 9.4 miles | 28 | |
| North Elba | 9.7 miles | 29 | |
| Upper Jay | 10.1 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954432. 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.








