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South Highland, New York

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Philipstown town. It lies in ZIP code area 10524. It lies near Fort Defiance Hill. The Survey maps it on the West Point quadrangle.

South Highland within Putnam County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

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 South Highland, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of South Highland, surveyed 1892

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 42 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

385 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 385 fires within 5 miles of South Highland between 1993 and 2020, burning about 549 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 50 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/undetermined198
Arson/incendiarism50
Natural38
Smoking32
Debris and open burning25
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2001Recreation and ceremony15 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of South Highland: 29 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Metal, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Titanium. 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
Constitution Island OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
Cotton Rock Stilbite DepositZeolitesOccurrence
Croft Magnetite MineIron, SulfurPast ProducerMagnetite, Pyrite
Denny MineTitanium, IronProspect
Kinnaird Graphite Property DepositGraphiteOccurrence
Phillips MineSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, UraniumPast Producer1865, 1880
Phillips Mine-Camp Smith AreaCobalt, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, UraniumPast Producer1866
Phillips Sulfide, Magnetite MineIron, Uranium, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, SulfurPast Producer
Phillips Sulfide, Magnetite, and Uranium MineIron, Sulfur, Copper, Nickel, Uranium, Gold, SilverPast Producer1839, 1865
Croft MineIron, SulfurPast Producer

Every working recorded in Putnam 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
Forsonville1.3 miles43
Garrison1.8 miles42
Graymoor1.9 miles43
Glenclyffe2.1 miles43
Nelson Corners2.1 miles42
Gilbert Corners2.6 miles40
Crofts Corners2.7 miles41
Sunnybrook2.8 miles40

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970627. 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.