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Purdys Mill, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Altona town. It lies in ZIP code area 12910. The Survey maps it on the Jericho quadrangle.

Purdys Mill within Clinton County

Then and now

1895 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Purdys Mill, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Purdys Mill, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

69 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Purdys Mill between 1998 and 2020, burning about 751 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined44
Debris and open burning8
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism1
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
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
8 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Purdys Mill: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Ellis MineIronPast Producer
Ellis Ore BedIronPast Producer
La Mar PitsIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clinton 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
Jericho1.1 miles24
Robinson3.1 miles24
Alder Bend3.8 miles24
Jerusalem4.0 miles24
Altona5.6 miles24
Beartown5.9 miles24
Dannemora6.6 miles19
West Beekmantown6.7 miles24

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 Q122594876The 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 972979. 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.