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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.

Wiley Shelter within Dutchess County

Then and now

1893 to 1998

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Wiley Shelter, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Wiley Shelter, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 35 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

88 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined50
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestry2 GELSTON ROAD SHERMAN
30 July 1999Natural25 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
26 July 2001Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestry14 ROUTE 39 NORTH SHERMAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dover Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerLimonite, Siderite
Dover Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Dutchess County Kyn DepositsKyaniteOccurrenceMetamorphic
Wingdale Pit and PlantPeatPast ProducerPeat
Wingdale QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Wingdale Quarry and MillTitanium, MetalPast Producer
Deuel Hollow Limonite MineIronPast ProducerLimonite
Deuel Hollow Limonite MineIronPast Producer
Deuel Hollow MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Dover MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dutchess 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
Webatuck1.7 miles35
Wingdale2.0 miles35
South Dover2.2 miles35
Dogtail Corners2.3 miles35
Baker Corner3.8 miles35
Quaker Hill4.0 miles35
Hurd Corners4.3 miles35
Dover Furnace4.3 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 Q122593839The 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.