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Bruynswick, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Shawangunk town. It lies in ZIP code area 12589. The Survey maps it on the Gardiner quadrangle.

Bruynswick within Ulster County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bruynswick, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Bruynswick, surveyed 1903

On record in Bruynswick

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

85 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Bruynswick between 1995 and 2020, burning about 115 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined49
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Other causes2
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
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 June 2005Missing 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bruynswick: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Geiger Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Geiger Sand and Gravel PitSand 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
Rutsonville1.6 miles23
Dwaarkill2.1 miles23
Watchtower2.3 miles23
Galeville2.4 miles25
Red Mills3.2 miles23
Benton Corners3.3 miles25
Tuthilltown3.4 miles25
Awosting3.5 miles23

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 Q122554991The 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 972272. 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.