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Kirbyville, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Mount Kisco town. It lies in ZIP code area 10549. It lies near Ray Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mount Kisco quadrangle.

Kirbyville within Westchester County

Then and now

1892 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kirbyville, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Kirbyville, surveyed 1892

Compare 1892 against another survey:

On record in Kirbyville

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 within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 35 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

303 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 303 fires within 5 miles of Kirbyville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 250 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined139
Natural43
Smoking34
Debris and open burning26
Power generation/transmission/distribution20
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism14
Recreation and ceremony11
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Debris and open burning3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 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 Westchester 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 Kirbyville: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Peat, 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
Armonk PlantPeatPast ProducerPeat
Somers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Baylis Rock QuarryStonePast Producer
Baylis Rock QuarryStonePast Producer
Kinkel Gneiss Rock QuarriesStoneProducer
Kinkel Gneiss Rock QuarriesStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Westchester 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
Mount Kisco0.4 miles35
Stanwood2.3 miles35
Bedford Hills2.5 miles35
Bedford Four Corners2.7 miles35
Kitchawan3.2 miles40
Tompkins Corners3.3 miles40
Manhattan Park3.3 miles40
Bedford Center3.7 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2558412. 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.