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Fish Creek, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Saugerties town. It lies in ZIP code area 12477. It lies near Mount Marion. The Survey maps it on the Woodstock quadrangle.

Fish Creek 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 Fish Creek, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Fish Creek, 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

301 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 301 fires within 5 miles of Fish Creek between 1997 and 2020, burning about 262 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 34 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/undetermined148
Arson/incendiarism34
Debris and open burning27
Smoking23
Equipment and vehicle use21
Natural19
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes5
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder 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

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Fish Creek: 15 producers, 9 past producers. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mt. MarionBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Saugerties Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Quarryville Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Saugerties Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Duffy's PitClayProducer
Glasco Clay PitClayProducer
Glasco Clay PitClayPast Producer
Malden On Hudson Clay PitClayProducer
Malden On Hudson Clay PitClayPast Producer
Malden On Hudson Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary

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
High Woods1.4 miles29
Centerville1.5 miles29
Veteran1.6 miles29
Mount Marion Park1.9 miles29
Mount Marion2.1 miles29
Glenerie2.9 miles29
Ruby3.0 miles29
Shultis Corners3.1 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950124. 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.