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Tiplady, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Hebron town. It lies in ZIP code area 12865. The Survey maps it on the West Pawlet quadrangle.

Tiplady within Washington County

Then and now

1893 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 102 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tiplady, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Tiplady, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

On record in Tiplady

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

15 surveys from 29 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

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Tiplady between 1992 and 2020, burning about 243 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 15 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
Debris and open burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2015Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 August 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.8 acresNew York Forest RangersBLIND BUCK RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington 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 Tiplady: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Slate, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Sheldon Slate Products MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Waterford Sand and GravelSlate, DimensionPast Producer
Sheldon Slate Co. Rupert QuarryStone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Unnamed Slate QuarriesStone, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
Waterford Sand and Gravel PitStone, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Washington 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 Hebron0.7 miles29
Porter2.9 miles29
West Hebron5.1 miles27
North Hebron5.3 miles29
Slateville5.4 miles29
Belcher5.9 miles29
Salem6.0 miles27
Goose Island7.4 miles29

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 Q122598675The 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 973159. 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.