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Asbury, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Saugerties town. It lies in ZIP code area 12477. It stands on Beaver Kill. The Survey maps it on the Cementon quadrangle.

Asbury within Ulster County

Then and now

1895 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Asbury, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Asbury, surveyed 1895

On record in Asbury

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 27 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

322 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 322 fires within 5 miles of Asbury between 1992 and 2020, burning about 352 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 43 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/undetermined134
Debris and open burning68
Arson/incendiarism43
Equipment and vehicle use23
Smoking16
Natural16
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes3
Fireworks1
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
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Asbury: 19 past producers, 18 producers. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Clay, Flagstone. 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
Paul Blum Cementon PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Quarryville Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Saugerties Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Saxton Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Malden On Hudson Clay PitClayProducer
Malden On Hudson Clay PitClayPast Producer
Parrs Shale BankClayProducer
Smith's Landing Clay PitClayProducer
Smith's Landing Clay PitClayPast Producer
West Saugerties Clay PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Asbury in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2022Thunderstorm WindAsbury-Wires and a tree was reported down on Wilhelm Road.

Every storm 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
West Camp1.7 miles29
Eavesport2.0 miles29
Quarryville2.1 miles29
Katsbaan2.2 miles29
Saxton2.2 miles27
Malden-on-Hudson3.4 miles29
Canoe Hill3.5 miles29
Blue Mountain4.0 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972179. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.