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Suffern Park, New York

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Ramapo town. It lies in ZIP code area 10901. It lies near Union Hill (historical). The Survey maps it on the Park Ridge quadrangle.

Suffern Park within Rockland County

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Suffern Park, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Suffern Park, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

On record in Suffern Park

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 37 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

1,247 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,247 fires within 5 miles of Suffern Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,103 acres in total. 54 started naturally. 153 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/undetermined634
Smoking215
Arson/incendiarism153
Recreation and ceremony70
Natural54
Equipment and vehicle use47
Debris and open burning36
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Fireworks1
Other causes1
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
9 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2001Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rockland County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Suffern Park: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Suffern DepositGraphiteProspect
Suffern QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
McKee Bros Sand and Gravel IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mount Ivy Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mount Ivy Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Rockland 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
Airmont0.7 miles37
Tallman1.1 miles37
Antrim1.4 miles40
Suffern1.5 miles40
Montebello1.8 miles33
Hillburn2.7 miles40
Viola2.7 miles33
Monsey2.8 miles37

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122596542The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966699. 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.