Milan, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Milan town. It lies in ZIP code area 12572. The Survey maps it on the Rock City quadrangle.

Milan within Dutchess County

Then and now

1898 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Milan, surveyed 1993

Topographic sheet of Milan, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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.

1898 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
1934 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500
1934 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:48000
1939 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Rock City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

130 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Milan between 1999 and 2020, burning about 260 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined	54
Arson/incendiarism	31
Debris and open burning	23
Natural	11
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Smoking	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
25 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
17 September 2016	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
12 September 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 August 2015	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
8 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
31 August 2018	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
2 August 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 August 2015	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess 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 Milan: 7 producers, 5 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Archer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Denter Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Jack Meccariello Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Jack Meccariello Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Red Hook Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Rock City Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Rock City Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Roe-Jan Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Route 199 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Route 199 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Dutchess 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Rock City	1.9 miles	29
Lafayetteville	2.5 miles	28
Bulls Head	3.4 miles	29
Eighmyville	3.5 miles	29
Fraleighs	4.1 miles	27
Cokertown	4.8 miles	27
Jackson Corners	5.0 miles	22
Lamplight Court	5.2 miles	31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957170. 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.