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Newport, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Warwick town. It lies in ZIP code area 10990. It lies near Vernon Valley. The Survey maps it on the Pine Island quadrangle.

Newport 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 Newport, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Newport, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

187 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Newport between 1992 and 2020, burning about 388 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined88
Recreation and ceremony23
Arson/incendiarism20
Smoking13
Debris and open burning11
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Other causes8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks2

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 2014Fireworksunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
7 September 2007Missing 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
14 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
5 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.4 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 1998Smokingunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Newport: 7 past producers, 7 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Titanium, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Amity Fluorite DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Corundum, Garnet, Iron, TitaniumOccurrence
Amity Spinel DepositGemstone, CorundumOccurrence
Edenville Fluorite DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Gemstone, Titanium, ZirconiumOccurrence
Pine Island QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Sussex Pit and MillPeatPast ProducerPeat
Pine Island QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pine Island Quarry and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Baldwin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bird MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Edenville Ilmenite DepositIron, TitaniumOccurrence

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
Amity0.9 miles24
Little York1.4 miles24
Eden1.6 miles24
Pine Island1.6 miles24
Wilcox1.9 miles24
Edenville3.1 miles24
Points of View3.1 miles24
Snufftown3.9 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972842. 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.