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Millsburg, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wawayanda town. It lies near Castle Hill. The Survey maps it on the Unionville quadrangle.

Millsburg 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 Millsburg, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Millsburg, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

178 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Millsburg between 1995 and 2020, burning about 135 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined104
Natural18
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use13
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 1995Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
28 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Millsburg: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc. 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
Champion MineLead, ZincProspect
Pellets Island PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pellets Island Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Westtown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Westtown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Westtown Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Westtown Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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
South Centerville0.9 miles19
Johnson1.1 miles22
Castle High Estates1.3 miles19
Bushville2.4 miles22
Westtown2.6 miles22
Gardnerville2.8 miles24
Slate Hill2.9 miles23
Breeze Hill Estates3.7 miles24

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 Q122572553The 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 957357. 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.