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Wurtsboro Hills, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mamakating town. It lies in ZIP code area 12790. It stands on Wurtsboro Hills. The Survey maps it on the Yankee Lake quadrangle.

Wurtsboro Hills within Sullivan County

Then and now

1909 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wurtsboro Hills, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Wurtsboro Hills, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

205 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Wurtsboro Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,214 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 40 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/undetermined90
Arson/incendiarism40
Debris and open burning28
Smoking16
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
3 August 2017Debris and open burning1.9 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 August 2014Debris and open burning1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sullivan County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Wurtsboro Hills: 3 producers, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Zinc. 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
Irving Jones ProspectZinc, LeadProspect
Shawangunk MineZinc, LeadPast ProducerVein
Shawangunk MineCopper, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Benson's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bloomingburg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Phillipsort MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Phillipsort MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sullivan 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
Wurtsboro1.4 miles24
Mount Prosper1.6 miles25
Yankee Lake2.1 miles25
Mamakating Park2.2 miles25
High View3.4 miles24
Culvertown3.6 miles25
Summitville3.6 miles24
Haven3.6 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971766. 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.