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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.

Winchell within Ulster County

Then and now

1903 to 1997

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Winchell, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Winchell, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

91 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined58
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 July 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
2 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 July 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Nytralite Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster 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
Brodhead1.9 miles26
Krumville2.3 miles28
Olivebridge2.3 miles28
Davis Corners2.4 miles28
Samsonville2.8 miles26
The Vly3.4 miles28
West Shokan3.9 miles26
Palentown4.3 miles26

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.