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Nelson 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 10524. It lies near Cat Hill. The Survey maps it on the West Point quadrangle.

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

On record in Nelson Corners

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

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

277 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Nelson Corners between 1993 and 2020, burning about 818 acres in total. 33 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/undetermined129
Arson/incendiarism38
Natural33
Smoking23
Debris and open burning19
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2001Recreation and ceremony15 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
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 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Nelson Corners: 29 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Metal, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Titanium. 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
Croft Magnetite MineIron, SulfurPast ProducerMagnetite, Pyrite
Croft MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Denny MineTitanium, IronProspect
Hustis QuarryTitaniumOccurrence
Kinnaird Graphite Property DepositGraphiteOccurrence
Probably Serpentine Marble Rock Quarry No. Hk-022Stone, DimensionPast ProducerMarble
Serpentine Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Serpentine Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionPast 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
McKeel Corners1.8 miles42
Nelsonville2.0 miles42
South Highland2.1 miles42
Cold Spring2.3 miles42
Gilbert Corners2.5 miles40
Dennytown2.5 miles40
Garrison2.6 miles42
Forsonville3.2 miles43

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 Q122541224The 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 970400. 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.