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Limerick, New York

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Rye City. It lies in ZIP code area 10580. It lies near Hassock Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Mamaroneck quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Limerick within Westchester County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Limerick (historical), surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Limerick (historical), surveyed 1897

On record in Limerick

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

13 surveys from 34 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

318 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 318 fires within 5 miles of Limerick (historical) between 2000 and 2020, burning about 224 acres in total. 17 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/undetermined167
Smoking61
Arson/incendiarism30
Recreation and ceremony20
Natural17
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2010Missing 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
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2010Missing 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
3 September 2008Debris and open burningunder 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Limerick (historical): 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone. 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
Christiano Oak Ridge Diorite Gneiss Rock QuarryStonePast Producer1833
Christiano Hamilton Avenue Diorite Gneiss Rock QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer1873
Ritch Diorite Gneiss Rock QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerUnknown
Voorhis Diorite Gneiss Rock QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Christiano Hamilton Avenue QuarryGranitePast Producer
Chritiano Oak Ridge QuarryGranitePast Producer
Ritch QuarryGranitePast Producer
Voorhis QuarryGranitePast 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
Rye0.3 miles34
Dublin1.0 miles34
Purdys Grove1.0 miles34
Milton1.4 miles34
Port Chester1.6 miles36
Sunset Ridge1.7 miles34
Harrison2.0 miles34
Brentwood Plaza2.2 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2558508. 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.