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Rocky Hill, New York

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Warwick town. It lies in ZIP code area 10990. It lies near Round Hill. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood Lake quadrangle.

Rocky Hill within Orange 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 Rocky Hill, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Rocky Hill, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 33 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

334 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 334 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 383 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 34 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/undetermined160
Recreation and ceremony44
Arson/incendiarism34
Debris and open burning31
Equipment and vehicle use16
Smoking15
Natural15
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
5 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
28 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
28 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Rocky Hill: 13 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium. 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
Edenville Rutile DepositTitaniumOccurrence
Rocky Hill MineIron, TitaniumPast Producer
Centennial MineIronPast Producer1875, 1880
Cooley's MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Green MinesIronPast Producer1853, 1888
Green/Wawayanda/Layton/ Welling MinesIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Layton MineIronPast Producer1872, 1883
Squier's MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Standish Mine/Raynor/Taylor MinesIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Summit MineIronPast Producer

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
Homestead Village1.8 miles25
Warwick1.9 miles25
Indian Park2.6 miles33
Bellvale2.7 miles25
Greenwood Lake3.2 miles33
Wisner3.2 miles25
New Milford3.2 miles34
Sterling Forest3.7 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962780. 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.