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Lockpit, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Galen town. It lies in ZIP code area 14433. It lies near Sleepy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Savannah quadrangle.

Lockpit within Wayne County

Then and now

1902 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lockpit, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Lockpit, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 23 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

93 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Lockpit between 1994 and 2020, burning about 791 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined44
Arson/incendiarism20
Natural13
Debris and open burning9
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2012Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lockpit: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
Charles Noble WellSaltProspect
M.A. Montemorano Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
M.A. Montemorano Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne 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
Wiley Corner2.0 miles23
Angells Corner2.9 miles23
Fort Hill3.2 miles23
Daboll Corners3.3 miles23
Savannah3.4 miles23
Noble Corner3.5 miles23
Clyde4.6 miles23
Shepards Corner5.0 miles23

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 Q122550941The 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 972733. 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.