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Snufftown, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Warwick town. It lies in ZIP code area 10924. It stands on Black Walnut Island Channel. The Survey maps it on the Pine Island quadrangle.

Snufftown within Orange County

Then and now

1906 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Snufftown, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Snufftown, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

191 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Snufftown between 1995 and 2020, burning about 282 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined108
Arson/incendiarism22
Natural19
Recreation and ceremony16
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking8

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 1995Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Snufftown: 7 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Titanium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Amity Fluorite DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Corundum, Garnet, Iron, TitaniumOccurrence
Amity Spinel DepositGemstone, CorundumOccurrence
Edenville Fluorite DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Gemstone, Titanium, ZirconiumOccurrence
Edenville Ilmenite DepositIron, TitaniumOccurrence
Goshen Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Pellets Island PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pellets Island Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pine Island QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Goshen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pine Island QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working 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
Big Island1.4 miles24
Pine Island2.3 miles24
Breeze Hill Estates2.6 miles24
Little York2.7 miles24
Durlandville2.9 miles24
Wilcox3.0 miles24
Gardnerville3.3 miles24
Edenville3.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965587. 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.