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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.

Pachin Mills within Dutchess County

Then and now

1899 to 1993

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 Pachin Mills, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Pachin Mills, surveyed 1899

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

71 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined32
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
2 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 July 1993Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
24 June 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 June 1997Smoking1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
8 May 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 May 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 May 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ancram Lead MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, MolybdenumProducerReplacement Vein
Ancram Lead MinesSilver, Copper, Lead, MolybdenumPast Producer
Ancram Pb MineLead, SilverPast ProducerVein
Morgan Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerSiderite
Morgan Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Jack Meccariello PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jack Meccariello Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
South Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morgan MineIronPast ProducerSiderite
Unnamed Probable Limonite Mine Number Gl 11IronPast ProducerGoethite, Limonite

Every working recorded in Dutchess 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
Pine Plains1.1 miles28
Hammertown1.7 miles28
Mount Ross3.1 miles22
Bethel3.1 miles28
Pulvers Corners4.1 miles27
Jackson Corners4.8 miles22
Lafayetteville5.3 miles28
Attlebury5.4 miles28

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 Q122570903The 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.