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College Park, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Red Hook town. It lies in ZIP code area 12571. It lies near Whaleback. The Survey maps it on the Saugerties quadrangle.

College Park within Dutchess County

Then and now

1895 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 102 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of College Park, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of College Park, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

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

179 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of College Park between 1999 and 2020, burning about 219 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 41 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/undetermined71
Arson/incendiarism41
Debris and open burning26
Natural20
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of College Park: 11 producers, 6 past producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bloating Material. 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
Mt. MarionBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Mount Marion PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mount Marion Pit and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Glasco Clay PitClayProducer
Glasco Clay PitClayPast Producer
Mount Marion Clay PitClayPast Producer
Saugerties PitClayProducer
Archer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Denter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Elizaville Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Linden Acres0.5 miles29
Red Hook Mills0.8 miles27
Cruger Village1.5 miles29
Annandale-on-Hudson1.5 miles29
Red Hook1.7 miles31
Upper Red Hook2.1 miles27
Kerleys Corners2.4 miles27
Barrytown2.7 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947138. 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.