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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.

Keene Valley within Essex County

Then and now

1895 to 1999

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Keene Valley, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Keene Valley, surveyed 1895

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 29 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

60 since 1992

Regional 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 ceremony20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Natural6
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
7 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersGIANT MOUNTAIN FIRE
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
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
24 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBLUEBERRY MOUNTAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beede's QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Keene MineIronPast Producer1872, 1880
Rogers Ore Bed ProspectIronOccurrenceReplacement
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hickey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hickey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Keene PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Keene PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Saint Huberts2.3 miles29
Keene4.6 miles28
Glenmore5.0 miles23
Shady Corner Curve7.9 miles29
Underwood9.1 miles28
New Russia9.4 miles28
North Elba9.7 miles29
Upper Jay10.1 miles28

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.