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Wisner, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Warwick town. It lies in ZIP code area 10990. It stands on Long House Creek. The Survey maps it on the Warwick quadrangle.

Wisner within Orange County

Then and now

1906 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wisner, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Wisner, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

346 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 346 fires within 5 miles of Wisner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 375 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 41 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/undetermined187
Arson/incendiarism41
Debris and open burning29
Recreation and ceremony25
Smoking23
Equipment and vehicle use16
Natural14
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
28 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Wisner: 6 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Titanium, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Edenville Fluorite DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Gemstone, Titanium, ZirconiumOccurrence
Edenville Rutile DepositTitaniumOccurrence
Rocky Hill MineIron, TitaniumPast Producer
Standish Mine/Raynor/Taylor MinesIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Warwick Group of MinesIronPast Producer
Chester PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Chester PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chester Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kakargo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Trout Brook PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Durland1.3 miles25
Homestead Village1.4 miles25
Bellvale1.6 miles25
Warwick2.0 miles25
Rocky Hill3.2 miles33
Dutch Hollow3.2 miles33
Greenwood Lake3.7 miles33
Sugar Loaf4.1 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973280. 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.