Sterlington, New York
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ramapo town. It lies in ZIP code area 10974. It lies near High Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Sloatsburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1891 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Sterlington
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Sloat Houselisted 1974 · 0.4 miles away
Old Sloatsburg Cemeterylisted 1999 · 0.7 miles away
Jacob Sloat Houselisted 2006 · 0.8 miles away
Sloat's Dam and Mill Pondlisted 2000 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 31 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1910 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1931 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1931 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Sloatsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
692 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 692 fires within 5 miles of Sterlington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,830 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 77 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/undetermined | 361 |
| Smoking | 107 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 77 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 65 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 39 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Sterlington: 33 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Graphite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffern Deposit | Graphite | Prospect | ||
| Suffern Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Crystal Run Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| McKee Bros Sand and Gravel Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mount Ivy Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mount Ivy Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Alice Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Augusta Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Bering Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Bering/Morehead Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Magnetite |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sloatsburg | 0.7 miles | 31 | |
| Ramapo | 1.1 miles | 31 | |
| Hillburn | 1.8 miles | 40 | |
| Antrim | 2.9 miles | 40 | |
| Suffern | 3.0 miles | 40 | |
| Montebello | 3.8 miles | 33 | |
| Suffern Park | 4.3 miles | 37 | |
| Airmont | 4.9 miles | 37 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973114. 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.












