Pachin Mills, New York
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Pine Plains town. It lies in ZIP code area 12567. The Survey maps it on the Pine Plains quadrangle.
Then and now
1899 to 1993The 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.


On record in Pachin Mills
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.
Pines, Thelisted 1983 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 28 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1899 USGS Millbrook quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Millbrook quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Pine Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Pine Plains quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Pachin Mills between 1992 and 2017, burning about 211 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 July 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 24 June 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 June 1997 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 8 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Pachin Mills: 8 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Manganese, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancram Lead Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum | Producer | Replacement Vein | |
| Ancram Lead Mines | Silver, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Ancram Pb Mine | Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Morgan Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Siderite | |
| Morgan Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Jack Meccariello Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jack Meccariello Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| South Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Morgan Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Siderite | |
| Unnamed Probable Limonite Mine Number Gl 11 | Iron | Past Producer | Goethite, Limonite |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Plains | 1.1 miles | 28 | |
| Hammertown | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Mount Ross | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Bethel | 3.1 miles | 28 | |
| Pulvers Corners | 4.1 miles | 27 | |
| Jackson Corners | 4.8 miles | 22 | |
| Lafayetteville | 5.3 miles | 28 | |
| Attlebury | 5.4 miles | 28 |
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 Q122570903 | The 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 959727. 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.










