Cruger Village, 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 12504. It lies near Whaleback. The Survey maps it on the Saugerties quadrangle.
Then and now
1895 to 1997The 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.


Compare 1895 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1895 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1934 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Saugerties quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Saugerties quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
242 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 242 fires within 5 miles of Cruger Village between 1999 and 2020, burning about 211 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 42 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 | 105 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Cruger Village: 14 producers, 9 past producers. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Marion | Bloating Material | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Saugerties Blue Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Saugerties Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Glasco Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Glasco Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Mount Marion Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Parrs Shale Bank | Clay | Producer | ||
| Saugerties Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Mount Marion Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mount Marion Pit and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annandale-on-Hudson | 1.0 miles | 29 | |
| College Park | 1.5 miles | 29 | |
| Linden Acres | 1.8 miles | 29 | |
| Tivoli | 2.1 miles | 29 | |
| Barrytown | 2.2 miles | 31 | |
| Red Hook Mills | 2.3 miles | 27 | |
| Red Hook | 2.8 miles | 31 | |
| Kerleys Corners | 3.3 miles | 27 |
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 Q122558062 | The 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 2426455. 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.











