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Salem Center, New York

41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1998. It stands in North Salem town. It lies in ZIP code area 10560. It stands on Crook Brook. The Survey maps it on the Peach Lake quadrangle.

Salem Center within Westchester County

Then and now

1892 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Salem Center, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Salem Center, surveyed 1892

Compare 1892 against another survey:

On record in Salem Center

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 41 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

268 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Salem Center between 2000 and 2020, burning about 202 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined133
Arson/incendiarism27
Smoking27
Natural27
Debris and open burning21
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2010Missing 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 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Salem Center: 12 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Sulfur, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Feldspar. 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
Croton Magnetite Iron MinesIron, CopperPast Producer1880
Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Gk-013StonePast Producer
Pegmatite QuarryMica, QuartzPast Producer
Ridgefield Pegmatite QuarryFeldspar, QuartzPast ProducerFeldspar
Brewster MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Somers Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Croton - Theall Magnetite MineIron, Copper, SulfurPast Producer1880, 1883
Croton-Mc Collum Magnetite MineIron, Copper, SulfurPast Producer1843, 1880
Croton-Theall Magnetite MineIron, Copper, SulfurPast Producer
Brady Farm ShaftIronProspect

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
Grant Corner0.8 miles41
North Salem1.5 miles41
Dingle2.3 miles41
Twin Lakes Village2.6 miles41
Waccabuc2.7 miles41
Purdys3.0 miles34
Croton Falls3.6 miles34
Truesdale Lake3.8 miles41

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964295. 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.