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McKeel Corners, New York

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Philipstown town. It lies in ZIP code area 10516. It lies near Round Hill. The Survey maps it on the West Point quadrangle.

McKeel Corners within Putnam County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of McKeel Corners, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of McKeel Corners, surveyed 1892

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 42 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

224 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of McKeel Corners between 1993 and 2020, burning about 704 acres in total. 29 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/undetermined98
Arson/incendiarism30
Natural29
Smoking19
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
6 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2001Recreation and ceremony15 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 September 2019Recreation and ceremony66 acresNew York Forest RangersSUGARLOAF FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of McKeel Corners: 37 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Titanium, Metal, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Constitution Island OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
Denny MineTitanium, IronProspect
Hustis QuarryTitaniumOccurrence
Limestone Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Probably Serpentine Marble Rock Quarry No. Hk-022Stone, DimensionPast ProducerMarble
Clay Pit No. Hk-020ClayPast ProducerClay
Clay Pit No. Hk-020ClayPast Producer
Graphite Mine No. Hk-019GraphitePast ProducerGraphite
Graphite Mine No. Hk-019GraphitePast Producer
Serpentine Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Putnam 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
North Highland1.6 miles42
Nelson Corners1.8 miles42
Nelsonville1.8 miles42
Cold Spring2.4 miles42
Dennytown2.7 miles40
Gilbert Corners3.7 miles40
South Highland3.9 miles42
Garrison4.0 miles42

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 Q122564486The 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 970345. 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.