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Connelly, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Esopus town. It lies in ZIP code area 12417. It lies near Mingo Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Kingston East quadrangle. It stands 23 feet above sea level.

Connelly within Ulster 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 Connelly, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Connelly, surveyed 1898

On record in Connelly

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 5 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 31 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

455 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 455 fires within 5 miles of Connelly between 1997 and 2020, burning about 447 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 40 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/undetermined231
Smoking103
Arson/incendiarism40
Debris and open burning33
Natural20
Equipment and vehicle use16
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
4 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Smokingunder 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

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Connelly: 9 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
EddyvilleBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Kingston QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Kingston QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Dwyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dwyer Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
H. Franco and Son Sand and Stone CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Colite PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Colite PitClayPast Producer
Eddyville Clay PitClayPast Producer
Hudson Stone Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

8 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Connelly in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 6 flood, 1 lightning, 1 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
May 2000LightningConnelly$50,000no account filed
December 2023FloodConnelly$1,000Brook Street from Lebert Street to South Wall Street was closed due to flooding.
January 2019FloodConnelly-Route 213 was closed between Creek Locks Road and Mountain Road due to flooding.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindConnelly-A downed tree was reported on New Salem Road between Callahans and Tooley Drive, which blocked one lane.
February 2016FloodConnelly-State Highway 213 in the town of Ulster was temporarily closed due to flooding from heavy rain occurring over a frozen ground.
September 2015FloodConnelly-New York State Route 213 was closed between County Route 28 (Mountain Road) and County Route 25 (Creek Lock Road) in the town of Ulster due to flooding.
November 2011FloodConnelly-Route 213 was closed due to flooding between Canal Street (County Route 25) and Mountain Road.
March 2011FloodConnelly-The following major routes were reported closed due to flooding in Ulster County: Route 209 in Accord, Route 213 in Eddyville and Route 299 in New Paltz. The flooding of Route 299 in New Paltz was caused by the Wallkill River overflowing its banks which also affected Springtown and Libertyville Roads. The Wallkill River at Gardiner crested Monday afternoon above flood stage. In addition, several minor roads were closed due to flooding including Route 213 at Cow Hough Road in Rifton in the Town of Esopus.||Local Fire departments were busy pumping out basements with over 50 calls Sunday evening into Monday morning.

Every storm 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
Wilbur0.7 miles30
Rondout0.8 miles31
Port Ewen0.9 miles31
Sleightsburg0.9 miles31
Kingston1.2 miles31
Ponck Hockie1.4 miles31
New Salem1.7 miles30
Wiltwyck Gardens1.9 miles30

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.

Wikipedia article on ConnellyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q38249794The 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 947303. 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.