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Daisy, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Woodstock town. It lies in ZIP code area 12498. It lies near Lewis Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Woodstock quadrangle.

Daisy within Ulster County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Daisy, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Daisy, surveyed 1892

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

232 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 232 fires within 5 miles of Daisy between 1993 and 2020, burning about 207 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined108
Debris and open burning28
Smoking24
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use12
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
3 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersNICHOLSON FIRE
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2017Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Daisy: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Duffy's PitClayProducer
Marbletown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sawyer Shale PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Shultis Corners1.1 miles29
Woodstock1.9 miles29
Zena2.8 miles29
Byrdcliffe3.1 miles29
High Woods3.2 miles29
Montoma3.4 miles29
Bearsville3.7 miles29
Shady3.9 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947992. 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.