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Byrdcliffe, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Woodstock town. It lies in ZIP code area 12498. It lies near Mount Guardian. The Survey maps it on the Bearsville quadrangle.

Byrdcliffe within Ulster County

Then and now

1892 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Byrdcliffe, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Byrdcliffe, surveyed 1892

Compare 1892 against another survey:

On record in Byrdcliffe

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

180 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Byrdcliffe between 1993 and 2020, burning about 161 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined82
Smoking25
Natural17
Arson/incendiarism15
Debris and open burning15
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2017Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

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 Byrdcliffe: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Marbletown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sawyer Shale PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Bearsville0.9 miles29
Shady1.2 miles29
Woodstock1.7 miles29
Montoma2.3 miles29
Lake Hill2.4 miles29
Daisy3.1 miles29
Wittenberg3.2 miles29
Glenford3.6 miles29

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 Q122549469The 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 945402. 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.