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Sleepy Hollow Lake, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Athens town. It lies in ZIP code area 12015. It lies near West Flats. The Survey maps it on the Hudson North quadrangle.

Sleepy Hollow Lake within Greene County

Then and now

1893 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sleepy Hollow Lake, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Sleepy Hollow Lake, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

255 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Sleepy Hollow Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 301 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined99
Debris and open burning46
Arson/incendiarism35
Equipment and vehicle use22
Smoking19
Natural17
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
9 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
29 September 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
24 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Sleepy Hollow Lake: 6 producers, 6 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Bronk Mill Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brick Tavern-Mount Ida Limestone QuStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brick Tavern-Mount Ida Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Cox Sackie Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Cox Sackie Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hudson Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Hudson Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cox Sackie Clay PitClayProducer
Cox Sackie Clay PitClayPast Producer
Hudson Clay PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Greene 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
West Athens2.2 miles25
Athens2.7 miles25
Coxsackie3.5 miles25
Limestreet3.8 miles25
Bronck House3.8 miles25
West Coxsackie4.2 miles25
Hamburg5.1 miles27
Climax5.2 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2804331. 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.