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Rockville, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wallkill town. It lies in ZIP code area 10940. The Survey maps it on the Middletown quadrangle.

Rockville within Orange County

Then and now

1906 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rockville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Rockville, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

674 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 674 fires within 5 miles of Rockville between 1998 and 2020, burning about 529 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 88 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/undetermined451
Arson/incendiarism88
Debris and open burning53
Natural28
Smoking20
Equipment and vehicle use19
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 YorkN/A
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Debris and open burning1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange 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 Rockville: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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
Bloomingburg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bloomingburg Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Crystal Run PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crystal Run Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Merion Blue-Grass Sod Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Keystone Park0.8 miles23
Washington Heights1.0 miles23
Van Burenville1.2 miles23
Fair Oaks1.6 miles24
Pilgrim Corners2.2 miles23
Howells2.6 miles23
Circleville2.7 miles24
Middletown2.7 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962762. 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.