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Mountain Dale, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fallsburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12763. It stands on Braden Brook. The Survey maps it on the Woodridge quadrangle.

Mountain Dale within Sullivan County

Then and now

1909 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mountain Dale, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Mountain Dale, surveyed 1909

On record in Mountain Dale

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

97 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Dale between 2002 and 2020, burning about 222 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined40
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2012Natural4.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2010Misuse of fire by a minor2.7 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sullivan County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Dale: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Goodwin Sand and Gravel, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maston Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maston Lake PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Sullivan County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain Dale in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMountain Dale$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires near 37 Church Road.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindMountain Dale$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires.

Every storm recorded in Sullivan 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
Woodridge2.7 miles24
Mount Vernon3.4 miles24
Glen Wild3.8 miles24
Fallsburg4.7 miles24
Thompsonville5.2 miles25
Mamakating Park5.4 miles25
Rock Hill5.6 miles24
Phillipsport5.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957939. 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.