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Sugar Loaf, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Chester town. It lies in ZIP code area 10918. It lies near Pine Hill. The Survey maps it on the Warwick quadrangle. It stands 509 feet above sea level.

Sugar Loaf 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 Sugar Loaf, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Sugar Loaf, surveyed 1906

On record in Sugar Loaf

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

455 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 455 fires within 5 miles of Sugar Loaf between 1993 and 2020, burning about 348 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 83 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/undetermined192
Arson/incendiarism83
Debris and open burning58
Smoking54
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Equipment and vehicle use17
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Sugar Loaf: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Clove MineIronPast Producer
Mombasha Mine/O'Neill/Forshee/Clove MinesIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Chester PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Chester PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chester PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chester Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kakargo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Trout Brook PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
East Chester2.4 miles25
Durland2.9 miles25
Chester3.0 miles25
Walton Park3.1 miles32
Greycourt3.3 miles25
Hempstead Acres3.3 miles25
Valley View At Chester3.4 miles25
Renee Gardens3.6 miles25

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.

Wikipedia article on Sugar LoafAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7634859The 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 966716. 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.