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Riverbank, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Bolton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12824. It stands on Alder Brook. The Survey maps it on the Bolton Landing quadrangle.

Riverbank within Warren County

Then and now

1897 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Riverbank, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Riverbank, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 30 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

127 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Riverbank between 1992 and 2020, burning about 210 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined32
Natural20
Recreation and ceremony18
Debris and open burning17
Smoking13
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

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
5 September 1999Recreation and ceremony36 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
28 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2009Recreation and ceremony2.8 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Riverbank: 2 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Feldspar, Quartz, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Chestertown OccurrenceMica, Feldspar, QuartzPast Producer1897, 1922
Owens Property DepositIronOccurrence
Town of Chester PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willis Brown Property DepositFeldspar, MicaProspect
Chestertown ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Warren 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
North Bolton3.8 miles30
South Horicon3.9 miles26
Darrowsville4.1 miles25
Bolton Landing5.0 miles30
Brant Lake5.1 miles29
Chestertown5.2 miles26
Starbuckville5.5 miles26
Bolton5.7 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973007. 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.