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Ramapo, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ramapo town. It lies in ZIP code area 10931. It stands on Torne Brook. The Survey maps it on the Sloatsburg quadrangle.

Ramapo within Rockland County

Then and now

1891 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Ramapo, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Ramapo, surveyed 1891

On record in Ramapo

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 31 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

748 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 748 fires within 5 miles of Ramapo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,839 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 81 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/undetermined392
Smoking118
Arson/incendiarism81
Recreation and ceremony63
Natural29
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Other causes6
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2001Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rockland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Ramapo: 9 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Graphite. 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
Suffern DepositGraphiteProspect
Suffern QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
McKee Bros Sand and Gravel IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mount Ivy Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mount Ivy Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bering MineIronPast Producer
Bering/Morehead MinesIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Butler MineIronPast Producer1868, 1880
Morehead MineIronPast Producer
Redback MineIronPast Producer1780

Every working recorded in Rockland County

Storms near this place

2 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ramapo in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2006: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2006FloodRamapo-Mahwah River overflowed banks and flooded roads.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindRamapo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rockland 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
Sterlington1.1 miles31
Hillburn1.2 miles40
Sloatsburg1.6 miles31
Antrim1.9 miles40
Suffern2.1 miles40
Montebello2.7 miles33
Suffern Park3.3 miles37
Airmont3.9 miles37

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962156. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.