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Powell Park, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Dover town. It lies in ZIP code area 12522. It stands on Wells Brook. The Survey maps it on the Dover Plains quadrangle.

Powell Park within Dutchess County

Then and now

1893 to 1998

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 Powell Park, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Powell Park, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

On record in Powell Park

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 35 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

93 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Powell Park between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,199 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined41
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkCART ROAD FIRE
6 September 2016Debris and open burning1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCART ROAD FIRE
5 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
26 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Powell Park: 11 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Peat, Iron, 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
Dover Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerLimonite, Siderite
Dover Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Wingdale Pit and PlantPeatPast ProducerPeat
Dover Mine/Foss Ore BedIronPast ProducerResidual
Dover Furnace PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dover Furnace Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dover MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dover PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dover Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Dover Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Dover Plains0.3 miles35
Bains Corner0.5 miles35
Oniontown1.3 miles35
High Plains2.6 miles35
Chestnut Ridge3.1 miles32
Dover Furnace3.9 miles35
Littlerest4.4 miles29
Wassaic4.5 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2460787. 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.