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Savilton, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Newburgh town. It lies in ZIP code area 12589. The Survey maps it on the Newburgh quadrangle.

Savilton within Orange County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Savilton, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Savilton, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

348 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 348 fires within 5 miles of Savilton between 1995 and 2020, burning about 254 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 45 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/undetermined206
Arson/incendiarism45
Debris and open burning26
Smoking21
Natural15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony12
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 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 Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Savilton: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-021StonePast Producer
Cedar Cliff QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hj-019ClayProducerClay
Clay Pit No. Hj-019.ClayPast Producer
Limestone Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Middle Hope PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Peller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Savilton in 2 storm reports in 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2023Thunderstorm WindSavilton$5,000Tree and wires burning at 539 Route 32 in Gardnertown NY.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSavilton$1,000Tree down blocking road on Route 32 in Gardnertown.

Every storm 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
Rossville0.6 miles26
Chadwick Estates1.2 miles26
Leptondale1.5 miles26
Cronomer Valley2.1 miles26
Fostertown2.4 miles26
Dogwood Hills2.6 miles26
Gardnertown3.3 miles26
Orange Lake3.4 miles26

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 Q122556637The 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 964515. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.