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Dairyland, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wawarsing town. It lies in ZIP code area 12435. The Survey maps it on the Woodridge quadrangle.

Dairyland within Ulster County

Then and now

1909 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dairyland, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Dairyland, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

145 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Dairyland between 1998 and 2020, burning about 285 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 13 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
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
24 September 2014Smoking1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2005Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2002Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
10 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2012Natural4.5 acresFire 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dairyland: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Maston Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maston Lake PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

2 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dairyland in 2 storm reports in 2022: 1 flood, 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
April 2022FloodDairyland$50,000Numerous roads were closed throughout Ulster County, some of which occurred in Marbletown, Kingston, Saugerties, Stone Ridge, Rosendale, Gardiner, Wawarsing and New Paltz. Basement flooding was also reported in Stone Ridge.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindDairyland-A tree and wires were downed along Braden Road near the Village of Ellenville.

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
Greenfield Park3.1 miles24
Ulster Heights3.4 miles24
The Cape5.5 miles24
Lackawack6.8 miles24
Ellenville7.8 miles24
Spring Glen8.0 miles24
Honk Hill8.4 miles24
Sholam8.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947991. 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.