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Roe Park, New York

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cortlandt town. It lies in ZIP code area 10567. It lies near Jacobs Hill. The Survey maps it on the Peekskill quadrangle.

Roe Park within Westchester County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Roe Park, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Roe Park, surveyed 1892

On record in Roe Park

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 43 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

370 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 370 fires within 5 miles of Roe Park between 1993 and 2020, burning about 326 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 39 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/undetermined230
Arson/incendiarism39
Smoking26
Natural24
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony3

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 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 Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Roe Park: 18 past producers, 6 occurrences, 4 producers, 3 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Emery, Iron, Iron, Sulfur, Sulfur. 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
Cotton Rock Stilbite DepositZeolitesOccurrence
Kinnaird Graphite Property DepositGraphiteOccurrence
Leardi MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Peekskill AreaTitanium, Metal, Iron, AluminumOccurrence
Peekskill Area ProspectTitanium, Aluminum, IronProspect
Phillips MineMolybdenum, UraniumOccurrenceReplacement
Phillips MineSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, UraniumPast Producer1865, 1880
Phillips Mine-Camp Smith AreaCobalt, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, UraniumPast Producer1866
Phillips Sulfide, Magnetite MineIron, Uranium, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, SulfurPast Producer
Phillips Sulfide, Magnetite, and Uranium MineIron, Sulfur, Copper, Nickel, Uranium, Gold, SilverPast Producer1839, 1865

Every working recorded in Westchester 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
Toddville0.9 miles43
Van Cortlandtville1.2 miles43
Crompond1.2 miles41
Finktown1.5 miles43
Mohegan Lake1.5 miles41
Gallows Hill1.7 miles43
Oregon1.8 miles41
Pleasantside2.1 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962805. 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.