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Slateville, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Hebron town. It lies in ZIP code area 12832. It lies near Grimes Hill. The Survey maps it on the West Pawlet quadrangle.

Slateville within Washington County

Then and now

1893 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 102 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Slateville, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Slateville, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 29 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

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Slateville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 232 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 18 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
Debris and open burning34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2015Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 July 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresNew York Forest RangersDIBBLE LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Slateville: 16 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Slate, Dimension, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Sheldon Slate Products MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bush QuarryStone, DimensionProducer1975
C. Rogers Slate QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
Michael Labas Slate Quarry and MillStone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Newmont QuarryStone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Plisko Slate Quarry and MillStone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Sheldon Slate Co. Rupert QuarryStone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Clay QuarrySlate, DimensionPast Producer
Glebeland QuarrySlate, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
Hudy Quarry and MillSlate, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Washington 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
North Hebron1.7 miles29
Porter2.6 miles29
South Granville2.8 miles29
Hillsdale3.5 miles27
East Hebron4.8 miles29
East Hartford5.0 miles29
Tiplady5.4 miles29
Granville5.6 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973075. 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.