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Pine Grove, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Deerpark town. It lies in ZIP code area 12729. The Survey maps it on the Otisville quadrangle.

Pine Grove 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 Pine Grove, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Pine Grove, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Pine Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 523 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined58
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresNew York Forest RangersCUDDEBACKVILLE FIRE
22 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
21 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
27 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
18 August 2002Arson/incendiarism23 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
17 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pine Grove: 4 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead. 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
Guymard MineZinc, LeadPast ProducerVein
Guymard Lead-Zinc DepositLead, ZincPast Producer
Washington MineLead, ZincProspect
Champion MineLead, ZincProspect
Otisville MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Washington Mining Co Mine Near OtisvilleZinc, LeadPast ProducerVein

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
Oak Ridge Park0.3 miles19
Cuddebackville0.6 miles19
Port Orange1.1 miles19
Roses Point1.5 miles19
Myers Grove2.1 miles19
Westbrookville2.3 miles19
Godeffroy2.3 miles19
Otisville2.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2416837. 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.