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Roosa Gap, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mamakating town. It lies in ZIP code area 12721. The Survey maps it on the Wurtsboro quadrangle.

Roosa Gap within Sullivan County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Roosa Gap, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Roosa Gap, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

230 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Roosa Gap between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,057 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 58 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/undetermined86
Arson/incendiarism58
Debris and open burning32
Natural19
Smoking18
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
19 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sullivan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Roosa Gap: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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
Shawangunk MineZinc, LeadPast ProducerVein
Shawangunk MineCopper, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Irving Jones ProspectZinc, LeadProspect
Ulster Mine Near Spring GlenLead, ZincPast ProducerVein
Spring Glen DepositZincProspect
Bloomingburg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bloomingburg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bloomingburg Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Phillipsort MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Phillipsort MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sullivan 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
Burlingham2.2 miles24
Summitville2.2 miles24
Phillipsport3.1 miles24
Bloomingburg3.2 miles24
High View3.4 miles24
Wurtsboro3.8 miles24
Wurtsboro Hills4.5 miles25
Mount Vernon5.3 miles24

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 Q122597896The 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 962858. 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.