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Valley Mills, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Stockbridge town. It lies in ZIP code area 13409. It lies near Stockbridge Valley. The Survey maps it on the Vernon quadrangle.

Valley Mills within Madison County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Valley Mills, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Valley Mills, surveyed 1895

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

81 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Valley Mills between 2000 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined28
Debris and open burning25
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2

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
24 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 July 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 July 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 June 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Valley Mills: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Munnsville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Munnsville Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Valley Mills QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Johnson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lanz Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Munnsville Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Vernon Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Stockbridge1.5 miles18
Five Chimneys Corner2.1 miles25
Munns2.2 miles18
Bennetts Corners2.3 miles25
Munnsville2.4 miles18
Siloam3.3 miles18
Kenwood3.4 miles25
Scribner Corners3.7 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968360. 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.