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Rexleigh, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Salem town. It lies in ZIP code area 12865. The Survey maps it on the Salem quadrangle.

Rexleigh within Washington County

Then and now

1895 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rexleigh, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Rexleigh, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

On record in Rexleigh

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 27 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

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Rexleigh between 1992 and 2020, burning about 195 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined69
Debris and open burning38
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2

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
24 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
16 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington 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 Rexleigh: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Al Jean PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kenneth Tracey Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kenneth Tracey Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

4 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rexleigh in 4 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 1993Thunderstorm WindRexleigh$5,000no account filed
May 2020Thunderstorm WindRexleigh-Trees and wires were downed on Reafield Farm Road.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindRexleigh-Trees and wires were downed on State Route 22.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindRexleigh-Several trees were downed in the vicinity of Reafield Farm Road, Skellie Road, and Mary Lane in the town of Jackson.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Greenwich Junction1.0 miles27
Fitch Point1.7 miles27
East Greenwich2.4 miles27
Salem2.9 miles27
Shushan3.2 miles29
Battenville4.1 miles27
Eagleville4.2 miles29
Anaquassacook4.7 miles29

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 Q122565989The 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 972997. 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.