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Binnewater, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Rosendale town. It lies in ZIP code area 12401. The Survey maps it on the Rosendale quadrangle.

Binnewater within Ulster County

Then and now

1901 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Binnewater, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Binnewater, surveyed 1901

On record in Binnewater

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 3 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 28 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

162 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Binnewater between 1993 and 2020, burning about 175 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined77
Smoking22
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
26 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.4 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
3 August 2002Natural2.0 acresFire 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Binnewater: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Abrasive, Limestone, General. 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
Diamond Productions/ Clifton, N.J.AbrasiveUnknown
EddyvilleBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Eddyville Clay PitClayPast Producer
Kingston QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Kingston QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nytralite AggregatesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dwyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dwyer Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
H. Franco and Son Sand and Stone CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Kallops Corners0.9 miles28
Rosendale0.9 miles28
Cottekill0.9 miles28
Lawrenceville1.4 miles28
Maple Hill1.5 miles28
Lefever Falls1.5 miles28
Tillson2.1 miles28
Marbletown2.4 miles30

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122595357The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 943988. 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.