BlockBefore

Little York, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Warwick town. It lies in ZIP code area 10990. It lies near Vernon Valley. The Survey maps it on the Pine Island quadrangle.

Little York within Orange County

Then and now

1906 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Little York, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Little York, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

220 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 220 fires within 5 miles of Little York between 1992 and 2020, burning about 451 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined113
Arson/incendiarism29
Recreation and ceremony20
Smoking14
Natural13
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Little York: 7 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Titanium, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Amity Fluorite DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Corundum, Garnet, Iron, TitaniumOccurrence
Amity Spinel DepositGemstone, CorundumOccurrence
Baldwin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Edenville Fluorite DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Gemstone, Titanium, ZirconiumOccurrence
Pine Island QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Edenville Ilmenite DepositIron, TitaniumOccurrence
Layton MineIronPast Producer1872, 1883
Pine Island QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pine Island Quarry and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Amity Rutile DepositTitaniumOccurrence

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Pine Island1.0 miles24
Amity1.3 miles24
Newport1.4 miles24
Edenville2.0 miles24
Wilcox2.1 miles24
Points of View2.4 miles24
Eden2.5 miles24
Snufftown2.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955735. 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.