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Valley Pond Estates, New York

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Somers town. It lies in ZIP code area 10536. It lies near Mount Zion. The Survey maps it on the Croton Falls quadrangle.

Valley Pond Estates within Westchester County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 94 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 Pond Estates, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Valley Pond Estates, surveyed 1892

On record in Valley Pond Estates

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

13 surveys from 34 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

417 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 417 fires within 5 miles of Valley Pond Estates between 2000 and 2020, burning about 289 acres in total. 55 started naturally. 36 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/undetermined222
Natural55
Arson/incendiarism36
Debris and open burning32
Smoking25
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Equipment and vehicle use16
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes1

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 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester 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 Valley Pond Estates: 13 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Gk-013StonePast Producer
Somers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Somers Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Blackberry Magnetite MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Blackberry Magnetite MineIronPast Producer
Blackberry/Mahopac MinesIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Clover Hill Magnetite MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Clover Hill MineIronPast Producer
Magnetite Mine No. Gk-012IronPast ProducerMagnetite
Magnetite Mine No. Gk-012IronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Westchester 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
Lincolndale1.0 miles34
Horton Estates1.6 miles34
Shenorock1.8 miles34
Granite Springs1.8 miles41
Lake Lincolndale2.3 miles34
Somers2.4 miles34
Whitehall Corners2.5 miles34
Heritage Hills2.5 miles34

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 Q122543374The 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 968361. 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.