Kiryas Joel, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Palm Tree town. It lies in ZIP code area 10950. It lies near Bald Hill. The Survey maps it on the Monroe quadrangle.

Kiryas Joel within Orange County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kiryas Joel, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Kiryas Joel, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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.

1902 USGS Schunemunk quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
1930 USGS Schunemunk quadrangle1:48000
1930 USGS Schunemunk quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1935 USGS Schunemunk quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

1,288 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,288 fires within 5 miles of Kiryas Joel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,156 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 141 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/undetermined	539
Debris and open burning	383
Arson/incendiarism	141
Misuse of fire by a minor	78
Equipment and vehicle use	42
Smoking	38
Natural	33
Recreation and ceremony	17
Fireworks	7
Other causes	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2

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
8 September 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
8 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	2.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Kiryas Joel: 9 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Arden Mica Deposit	Mica	Occurrence
Lake Winade Mica Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Blooming Grove Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
High Mills Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
High Mills Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Highland Mills Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Trout Brook Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Bull Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Bull Mine	Iron	Past Producer	Magnetite
Clove Mine	Iron	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Orange 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Woodbury Meadows	1.1 miles	32
Mountain House	1.2 miles	32
Monroe	1.3 miles	32
Lebanon	1.3 miles	32
Highland Lake Estates	1.5 miles	32
Hillside Plaza	1.7 miles	32
Smiths Clove	1.8 miles	32
Worley Heights	1.8 miles	32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 979938. 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.