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Woodfield, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Blooming Grove town. It lies in ZIP code area 10992. It stands on Satterly Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maybrook quadrangle.

Woodfield within Orange County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Woodfield, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Woodfield, surveyed 1902

On record in Woodfield

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 31 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

328 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 328 fires within 5 miles of Woodfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 323 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 47 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/undetermined188
Arson/incendiarism47
Debris and open burning21
Smoking17
Fireworks14
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Woodfield: 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Campbell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Highland Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Bull MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Ranier Hill ProspectIronProspect
Townsend Canterbury MineIronPast ProducerResidual

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
Washingtonville0.7 miles31
Otter Kill Estates1.8 miles31
Salisbury Mills2.4 miles35
Rock Tavern2.5 miles31
Blooming Grove2.5 miles31
Rural Ridge2.5 miles31
Tappan Hill2.6 miles31
Canterbury Estates2.7 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2439473. 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.