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Platte Clove, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Hunter town. It lies in ZIP code area 12427. The Survey maps it on the Kaaterskill Clove quadrangle.

Platte Clove within Greene County

Then and now

1892 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Platte Clove, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Platte Clove, surveyed 1892

Compare 1892 against another survey:

On record in Platte Clove

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

13 surveys from 32 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

131 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Platte Clove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined50
Debris and open burning27
Recreation and ceremony14
Natural10
Smoking10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes3

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 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
4 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersDIBBLES UNATTEND CAMPFIRE
21 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBUTTERMILK FALLS FIRE
2 September 1993Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2015Smokingunder an acreNew York Forest RangersPOET'S LEDGE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Platte Clove: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Saxton Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Saxton Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greene 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
Twilight Park3.8 miles32
Elka Park4.0 miles29
Haines Falls4.3 miles32
Palenville4.6 miles32
Tannersville4.8 miles29
Ledgewood Park6.1 miles32
Onteora Park6.4 miles29
Edgewood6.6 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 960685. 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.