Colonial Heights, New York

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Poughkeepsie town. It lies in ZIP code area 12603. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Valley quadrangle.

Colonial Heights within Dutchess County

Then and now

1893 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Colonial Heights, surveyed 1993

Topographic sheet of Colonial Heights, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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.

1893 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500
1894 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1903 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
1936 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:48000
1943 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Pleasant Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

539 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 539 fires within 5 miles of Colonial Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 395 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 82 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/undetermined	265
Arson/incendiarism	82
Smoking	55
Natural	42
Debris and open burning	40
Misuse of fire by a minor	24
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Power generation/transmission/distribution	9
Recreation and ceremony	7
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Other causes	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
8 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
8 September 2006	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2005	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 September 2014	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 September 2005	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Colonial Heights: 26 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Pleasant Valley Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Probably Borrow Pits of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material	Clay, Stone	Past Producer	Chert
Granite Quarry	Granite	Past Producer
Granite Quarry	Granite	Past Producer
Limestone Quarry No. Hj-0.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Limestone Rock Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Pleasant Valley Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
La Grange Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
La Grange Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Noxon Road Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
MacDonnell Heights	0.4 miles	34
Rochdale	0.4 miles	34
Clark Heights	1.5 miles	34
Timothy Heights	2.0 miles	34
The Gables	2.1 miles	35
Manchester Bridge	2.1 miles	34
Shady Brook	2.2 miles	34
Arlington	2.4 miles	35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947174. 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.