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Crawford, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Shawangunk town. It lies in ZIP code area 12566. The Survey maps it on the Napanoch quadrangle.

Crawford within Ulster County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Crawford, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Crawford, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

98 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Crawford between 1998 and 2020, burning about 2,123 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined41
Arson/incendiarism21
Debris and open burning12
Smoking11
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
19 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2020Recreation and ceremony1.6 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
26 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2010Natural4.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 July 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Crawford: 2 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Lead. 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
Ulster Mine Near Spring GlenLead, ZincPast ProducerVein
Ellenville MineZinc, LeadPast ProducerVein
Ellenville MineZinc, LeadProspect
Spring Glen DepositZincProspect

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
Awosting2.2 miles23
Walker Valley3.0 miles24
Ulsterville3.2 miles22
Cragsmoor3.3 miles24
Dwaarkill3.4 miles23
Red Mills3.5 miles23
Watchtower3.8 miles23
Rutsonville4.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972351. 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.