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Dwaarkill, 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 12589. It stands on Beaver Brook. The Survey maps it on the Napanoch quadrangle.

Dwaarkill 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 Dwaarkill, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Dwaarkill, surveyed 1904

On record in Dwaarkill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

84 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Dwaarkill between 1998 and 2020, burning about 2,108 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 14 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
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism14
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 July 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 July 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest RangersUPPER MTN RD
7 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

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 Dwaarkill: 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
Geiger Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Geiger Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Watchtower0.8 miles23
Red Mills1.5 miles23
Rutsonville1.7 miles23
Awosting2.0 miles23
Bruynswick2.1 miles25
Crawford3.4 miles23
Galeville3.9 miles25
Ulsterville4.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948886. 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.