Quaker Park, New York
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Haverstraw town. It lies in ZIP code area 10970. It lies near Cheesecote Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Thiells quadrangle.
Then and now
1891 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Quaker 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.
Seaman-Knapp Houselisted 2012 · 0.9 miles away- Camp Hill Schoollisted 2019 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 33 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1910 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1931 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1931 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Thiells quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1,145 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,145 fires within 5 miles of Quaker Park between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,830 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 117 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/undetermined | 720 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 117 |
| Smoking | 99 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 54 |
| Natural | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 28 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Quaker Park: 7 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Copper, Zirconium, Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladentown Copper Deposit | Copper, Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| Stony Point Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit No. Hl-008 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit No. Hl-008 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit No. Hl-009 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit No. Hl-009 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit No. Hl-010 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit No. Hl-010 | Clay | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ivy | 0.5 miles | 33 | |
| Mazzaleone Park | 0.6 miles | 33 | |
| Camp Hill | 0.7 miles | 33 | |
| Ladentown | 1.4 miles | 33 | |
| Happy Valley | 1.5 miles | 33 | |
| Pomona | 1.6 miles | 33 | |
| Felters Corners | 1.8 miles | 33 | |
| Thiells | 1.9 miles | 33 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2460934. 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.












