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West Patterson, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Patterson town. It lies in ZIP code area 12563. It lies near Bundy Hill. The Survey maps it on the Poughquag quadrangle.

West Patterson within Putnam County

Then and now

1893 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 100 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 Patterson, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of West Patterson, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 32 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

179 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of West Patterson between 1993 and 2020, burning about 352 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 33 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/undetermined89
Arson/incendiarism33
Natural18
Smoking13
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
26 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2019Smokingunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCRANBERRY MOUNTAIN
8 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
8 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAppalachian National Scenic TrailHOSNER 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of West Patterson: 12 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sulfur, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Sulfur. 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
Marble Rock Quarry No. 6kMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Marble Rock Quarry No. Gk-011Stone, DimensionPast Producer
Pauling Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1825, 1870
Pawling MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Hobby Pyritiferous Ore OpeningIron, SulfurPast ProducerUnknown
Ludingtonville Pyrite ProspectIron, SulfurOccurrenceMetamorphic
Patterson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Patterson Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hobby Pyritiferous OreIron, SulfurProspect
Ludingtonville Pyrite ProspectIron, SulfurProspect

Every working recorded in Putnam 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
Harmony Park0.7 miles32
Patterson1.3 miles35
Akins Corners2.1 miles35
Couch Corners2.1 miles37
Towners2.4 miles37
Kent Hills3.0 miles35
Ludingtonville3.2 miles32
Kent Corners3.3 miles35

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 Q122559400The 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 975775. 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.