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Lawrenceville, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Catskill town. It lies in ZIP code area 12414. It lies near Kiskatom Flats. The Survey maps it on the Cementon quadrangle.

Lawrenceville within Greene County

Then and now

1895 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lawrenceville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Lawrenceville, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

257 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 257 fires within 5 miles of Lawrenceville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 278 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined110
Debris and open burning66
Arson/incendiarism30
Equipment and vehicle use17
Natural15
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Lawrenceville: 7 producers, 7 past producers, 1 occurrence. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone, Feldspar, Limestone, General. 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
Austin's Glen DepositQuartzOccurrence
Batchellerville Garnet PitFeldsparPast Producer
Catskill QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Cairo Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Saxton Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
South Potic Mountain Blue Ss QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
3/4 Mile N.N.E. Saxton Blue Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Cairo Blue Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Catskill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lawrenceville Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Greene 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
Cairo Junction1.9 miles25
Kiskatom2.3 miles27
Ledgewood Park2.4 miles32
South Cairo3.7 miles25
Round Top3.7 miles21
Purling4.0 miles21
Palenville4.2 miles32
High Falls4.6 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955113. 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.