Wiley Shelter, New York
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Dover town. It lies in ZIP code area 12594. It lies near Leather Hill. The Survey maps it on the Dover Plains quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1893 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 35 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1944 USGS Dover Plains quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Dover Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Dover Plains quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Dover Plains quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Dover Plains quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Wiley Shelter between 1992 and 2020, burning about 852 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Connecticut Division of Forestry | 2 GELSTON ROAD SHERMAN |
| 30 July 1999 | Natural | 25 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 26 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Connecticut Division of Forestry | 14 ROUTE 39 NORTH SHERMAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Wiley Shelter: 19 past producers, 6 producers, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Kyanite, Titanium, Metal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Limonite, Siderite | |
| Dover Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Dutchess County Kyn Deposits | Kyanite | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Wingdale Pit and Plant | Peat | Past Producer | Peat | |
| Wingdale Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Wingdale Quarry and Mill | Titanium, Metal | Past Producer | ||
| Deuel Hollow Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Deuel Hollow Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Deuel Hollow Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Dover Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webatuck | 1.7 miles | 35 | |
| Wingdale | 2.0 miles | 35 | |
| South Dover | 2.2 miles | 35 | |
| Dogtail Corners | 2.3 miles | 35 | |
| Baker Corner | 3.8 miles | 35 | |
| Quaker Hill | 4.0 miles | 35 | |
| Hurd Corners | 4.3 miles | 35 | |
| Dover Furnace | 4.3 miles | 35 |
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 Q122593839 | The 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 973268. 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.















