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Marbletown, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Arcadia town. It lies in ZIP code area 14513. It lies near Silver Hill. The Survey maps it on the Newark quadrangle.

Marbletown within Wayne County

Then and now

1899 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Marbletown, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Marbletown, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

158 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Marbletown between 2002 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 40 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/undetermined82
Arson/incendiarism40
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2005Debris and open burningunder 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

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Marbletown: 12 past producers, 9 producers, 1 prospect. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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
Alloway No.1 WellSaltProspect
Blackmar's QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Phelps QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Port Gibson QuarriesGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Winslow Heth QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Abam Cleason Co. Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Bauer's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bauer's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Graf PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel Pit No. 11Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marbletown in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2014Flash FloodMarbletown$50,000no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMarbletown$1,000Trees were downed onto Brum Road.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindMarbletown$500Tree down on Clark Road.

Every storm 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
Vienna Estates0.7 miles22
Mayo Park1.1 miles22
Newark2.4 miles22
Mud Mills3.8 miles22
Green Meadows Park4.0 miles22
Hydesville4.1 miles22
Alloway4.1 miles22
Lyons5.0 miles22

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.

Wikipedia article on MarbletownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20657257The 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 956493. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.