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Oregon, New York

41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cortlandt town. It lies in ZIP code area 10567. It stands on Mohegan Outlet. The Survey maps it on the Mohegan Lake quadrangle.

Oregon within Westchester 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 Oregon, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Oregon, surveyed 1892

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 41 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

406 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 406 fires within 5 miles of Oregon between 2000 and 2020, burning about 391 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 52 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/undetermined243
Arson/incendiarism52
Smoking31
Natural26
Debris and open burning23
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony2

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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Oregon: 17 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Emery, Iron, Iron, Sulfur, 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
Canopus MineIron, TitaniumPast Producer1912
Canopus Nelson Magnetite MineIron, Titanium, MetalPast Producer1912
Cotton Rock Stilbite DepositZeolitesOccurrence
Croft Magnetite MineIron, SulfurPast ProducerMagnetite, Pyrite
Kinnaird Graphite Property DepositGraphiteOccurrence
Leardi MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Phillips MineMolybdenum, UraniumOccurrenceReplacement
Phillips MineSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, UraniumPast Producer1865, 1880
Phillips Mine-Camp Smith AreaCobalt, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, UraniumPast Producer1866
Phillips Sulfide, Magnetite MineIron, Uranium, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, SulfurPast Producer

Every working recorded in Westchester 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
Mohegan Lake1.2 miles41
Lake Mohegan1.7 miles41
Roe Park1.8 miles43
Gallows Hill1.9 miles43
Van Cortlandtville1.9 miles43
Crompond2.5 miles41
Toddville2.7 miles43
Shrub Oak2.9 miles41

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2557695. 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.