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Tuxedo, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Tuxedo town. It lies in ZIP code area 10975. It lies near Wildcat Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Sloatsburg quadrangle.

Tuxedo within Orange County

Then and now

1891 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Tuxedo, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Tuxedo, surveyed 1891

On record in Tuxedo

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 31 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

198 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Tuxedo between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,474 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined118
Arson/incendiarism20
Recreation and ceremony17
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural10
Smoking6
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2015Recreation and ceremony16 acresNew York Forest RangersISLAND POND
8 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Tuxedo: 12 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Mica, Peat, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Crystal Run PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sterling PeatPeatPast ProducerPeat
Arden Mica DepositMicaOccurrence
Lake Winade Mica MineMicaPast Producer
Alice MineIronPast Producer
Augusta MineIronPast Producer
Crossway MineIronPast Producer1793
Long MineIronPast Producer1761
Middle and Hard MinesIronProspect
Mombasha Lake Magnetite AreaIronPast Producer1740

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
Southfields0.5 miles31
Clinton Woods1.3 miles31
Laurel Ridge1.4 miles31
Indian Hill1.6 miles32
Arden2.9 miles32
Tuxedo Park3.1 miles31
Newburgh Junction4.6 miles32
Silver Maples4.7 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2830176. 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.