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Mount Hope, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mount Hope town. It lies in ZIP code area 10940. The Survey maps it on the Otisville quadrangle.

Mount Hope 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 Mount Hope, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Mount Hope, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

351 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 351 fires within 5 miles of Mount Hope between 2000 and 2020, burning about 386 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 38 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/undetermined221
Arson/incendiarism38
Debris and open burning25
Natural22
Equipment and vehicle use17
Smoking14
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresNew York Forest RangersCUDDEBACKVILLE FIRE
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Mount Hope: 4 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead. 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
Guymard MineZinc, LeadPast ProducerVein
Guymard Lead-Zinc DepositLead, ZincPast Producer
Washington MineLead, ZincProspect
Champion MineLead, ZincProspect
Otisville MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Washington Mining Co Mine Near OtisvilleZinc, LeadPast ProducerVein

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
Otisville2.2 miles19
Baileyville2.8 miles23
Finchville2.9 miles19
Oak Ridge Park3.8 miles19
Howells3.9 miles23
Pine Grove4.0 miles19
Port Orange4.1 miles19
South Centerville4.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957833. 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.