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Limestreet, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Athens town. It lies in ZIP code area 12414. The Survey maps it on the Leeds quadrangle.

Limestreet within Greene County

Then and now

1893 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Limestreet, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Limestreet, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

186 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Limestreet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 211 acres in total. 14 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/undetermined73
Debris and open burning34
Arson/incendiarism30
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minor2.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
29 September 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Limestreet: 9 producers, 8 past producers, 1 occurrence. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
South Potic Mountain Blue Ss QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Climax West Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Cox Sackie Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Bronk Mill Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
High Hill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
High Hill Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Climax West Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cox Sackie Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
F. J. MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
West Athens2.4 miles25
Bronck House3.0 miles25
Earlton3.5 miles25
Sleepy Hollow Lake3.8 miles25
Leeds3.9 miles25
Climax4.2 miles25
West Coxsackie4.8 miles25
South Cairo4.8 miles25

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 Q122572106The 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 955356. 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.