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Kerryville, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hancock town. It lies in ZIP code area 13783. It lies near Dufton Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Readburn quadrangle.

Kerryville within Delaware County

Then and now

1923 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 62 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kerryville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Kerryville, surveyed 1923

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

28 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Kerryville between 2005 and 2020, burning about 45 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
16 July 2011Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 May 2006Recreation and ceremony1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 May 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
18 May 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kerryville: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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
Thompkins Bluestone Quarry.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Thompkins Bluestone Quarry.FlagstonePast Producer
Willis Hankins BluestoneFlagstonePast Producer
Willis Hawkins QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Delaware 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
Kerry Siding0.8 miles16
Apex2.8 miles18
Kelsey3.4 miles16
Readburn3.6 miles18
Cadosia3.9 miles24
Rock Rift5.1 miles18
Hancock5.6 miles24
Fishs Eddy5.6 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.

Wikidata item Q122572800The 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 972686. 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.