Dresden Center, New York
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Dresden town. It lies in ZIP code area 12819. It stands on Pine Lake Brook. The Survey maps it on the Putnam quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 31 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.
- 1893 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1902 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Putnam quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Dresden Center between 1993 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62 acres | Vermont Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | LAPLAND POND |
| 30 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 18 August 2002 | Other causes | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | CRUSHER HILL FIRE |
| 8 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BLACK MOUNTAIN #2 |
| 7 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 30 July 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 25 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Dresden Center: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Slate, Dimension, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Leaf Graphite Co.Mine | Graphite | Past Producer | ||
| Eastern Quarry | Slate, Dimension | Producer | ||
| General Quarry | Slate, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Al Jean Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sleight Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sleight Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clemons | 0.2 miles | 31 | |
| Chubbs Dock | 0.6 miles | 31 | |
| Dresden | 3.3 miles | 31 | |
| Huletts Landing | 3.3 miles | 30 | |
| Whitehall | 5.8 miles | 30 | |
| Grays Corner | 7.8 miles | 30 | |
| Putnam Station | 7.9 miles | 31 | |
| Putnam | 8.2 miles | 31 |
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 Q122598161 | 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 978649. 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.











