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Simpsonville, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Davenport town. It lies in ZIP code area 12155. It lies near Quaker Hill. The Survey maps it on the Schenevus quadrangle.

Simpsonville within Delaware County

Then and now

1907 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Simpsonville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Simpsonville, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

44 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Simpsonville between 2002 and 2017, burning about 53 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined32
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
1 September 2015Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 June 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 June 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Simpsonville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Hillis Gravel BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Delaware 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
Fergusonville1.4 miles17
Hoseaville2.7 miles17
Butts Corner2.8 miles17
Davenport4.0 miles17
Sturges Corner4.0 miles17
North Kortright5.2 miles16
North Harpersfield5.3 miles16
West Harpersfield5.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965299. 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.