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Bulls Head, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Clinton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12514. The Survey maps it on the Rock City quadrangle.

Bulls Head within Dutchess County

Then and now

1898 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bulls Head, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Bulls Head, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

140 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Bulls Head between 1999 and 2020, burning about 222 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 36 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/undetermined57
Arson/incendiarism36
Debris and open burning21
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
25 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 August 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess 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 Bulls Head: 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
Clinton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
South Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

3 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bulls Head in 3 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 3 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 2025Thunderstorm WindBulls Head-A tree was downed on the Taconic State Parkway northbound north of Pumpkin Lane.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBulls Head-A tree and wires were reported down on Kansas Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBulls Head-A large branch was down across the Taconic Parkway.

Every storm recorded in Dutchess 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
Schultzville2.1 miles29
Market2.9 miles28
Milan3.4 miles29
Willow Brook3.8 miles29
Wurtemburg4.2 miles29
Lafayetteville4.3 miles28
Clinton Hollow4.4 miles29
Eighmyville4.6 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972279. 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.