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West Granville, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Granville town. It lies in ZIP code area 12832. It lies near The Pinnacle. The Survey maps it on the Granville quadrangle.

West Granville within Washington County

Then and now

1893 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of West Granville, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of West Granville, surveyed 1893

On record in West Granville

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

14 surveys from 27 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

96 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of West Granville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 132 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined40
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism17
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
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
25 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2015Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersGUILDER HOLLOW FIRE
27 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2002Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of West Granville: 27 past producers, 13 producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Slate, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Smiths Basin QuarriesLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1882, 1925
Mccullen Slate Quarry No. 1 & 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Penrhyn Red QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Penryhn Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Red QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Shurbert QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ainsworth QuarrySlate, DimensionPast Producer1874, 1892
Church Road QuarrySlate, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
Church Road QuarrySlate, DimensionPast Producer
De Kalb QuarriesSlate, DimensionPast Producer1884, 1895

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
North Granville1.1 miles27
Truthville2.0 miles27
Slyboro3.0 miles27
Comstock4.2 miles28
Middle Granville4.3 miles27
Raceville5.0 miles27
Hillsdale5.5 miles27
Grays Corner5.8 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 969239. 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.