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Waterloo Mills, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Minisink town. It lies in ZIP code area 10998. The Survey maps it on the Unionville quadrangle.

Waterloo Mills 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 Waterloo Mills, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Waterloo Mills, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

178 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Waterloo Mills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 192 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined94
Debris and open burning22
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural11
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Firearms and explosives use1

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
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
12 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Waterloo Mills: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Peat. 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
Mount Salem QuarryStone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1899
QuarryvilleStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, DimensionPast Producer1908
Sussex Pit and MillPeatPast ProducerPeat
Pine Island QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pine Island Quarry and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Westtown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Westtown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Westtown Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Westtown Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

2 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waterloo Mills in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWaterloo Mills$5,000Multiple trees and powerlines down near Unionville NY.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindWaterloo Mills$5,000Tree and wires down on a home on Goodridge Road.

Every storm 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
Unionville1.6 miles22
Logtown1.8 miles22
Westtown2.2 miles22
Greenville3.4 miles22
Bushville3.5 miles22
Smith Corners3.8 miles22
Castle High Estates4.0 miles19
Millsburg4.4 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973205. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.