Winchell, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Olive town. It lies in ZIP code area 12461. The Survey maps it on the West Shokan quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 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.
- 1903 USGS Slide Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Slide Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1942 USGS West Shokan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS West Shokan quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS West Shokan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS West Shokan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
91 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Winchell between 1993 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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 | 58 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 July 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 July 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 2 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 18 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Winchell: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nytralite Pit and Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brodhead | 1.9 miles | 26 | |
| Krumville | 2.3 miles | 28 | |
| Olivebridge | 2.3 miles | 28 | |
| Davis Corners | 2.4 miles | 28 | |
| Samsonville | 2.8 miles | 26 | |
| The Vly | 3.4 miles | 28 | |
| West Shokan | 3.9 miles | 26 | |
| Palentown | 4.3 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973275. 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.











