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Sharon Station, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in North East town. It lies in ZIP code area 12546. It stands on Indian Lake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Millerton quadrangle.

Sharon Station within Dutchess County

Then and now

1899 to 1993

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 Sharon Station, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Sharon Station, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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

107 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Sharon Station between 1993 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined55
Debris and open burning19
Natural14
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
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
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestry11 WILLIAMS RD
9 August 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of ForestryWEST WOODS ROAD #1
19 August 2016Natural2.5 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 August 1993Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresConnecticut Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Sharon Station: 21 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Manganese, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant Lead MineLead, Silver, Iron, Copper, ZincPast ProducerChalcocite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant MineLead, Copper, Iron, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant Pb MineLead, SilverPast ProducerVein
Marble QuarriesMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Quartzite QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
General Bush Copper MineCopperPast Producer
General Bush Copper MineCopperPast Producer
Amenia Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Amenia Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smithfield MineLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dutchess 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
Coleman Station1.3 miles27
Leedsville2.0 miles28
Amenia3.1 miles28
Northeast3.4 miles27
Northeast Center3.4 miles27
Smithfield4.2 miles27
Millerton4.9 miles27
Shekomeko5.2 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964947. 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.