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Port Orange, 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. It stands on Pine Kill. The Survey maps it on the Otisville quadrangle.

Port Orange 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 Port Orange, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Port Orange, 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

104 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Port Orange between 2000 and 2020, burning about 324 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined54
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1
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
27 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
25 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

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 Port Orange: 4 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, 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
Benson's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Guymard MineZinc, LeadPast ProducerVein
Guymard Lead-Zinc DepositLead, ZincPast Producer
Otisville MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Washington MineLead, ZincProspect
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
Pine Grove1.1 miles19
Westbrookville1.2 miles19
Oak Ridge Park1.3 miles19
Cuddebackville1.7 miles19
Otisville2.2 miles19
Roses Point2.5 miles19
Myers Grove3.1 miles19
Godeffroy3.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972962. 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.