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Flatbush, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Saugerties town. It lies in ZIP code area 12477. It stands on Plattekill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saugerties quadrangle.

Flatbush within Ulster County

Then and now

1895 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 102 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Flatbush, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Flatbush, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

On record in Flatbush

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 1 record

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

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

393 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 393 fires within 5 miles of Flatbush between 1993 and 2020, burning about 420 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 45 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/undetermined160
Smoking88
Arson/incendiarism45
Debris and open burning30
Equipment and vehicle use22
Natural20
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1

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
6 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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2005Arson/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 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Flatbush: 13 producers, 9 past producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Bloating Material. 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
Kingston QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Mt. MarionBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Saugerties Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Kingston MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kingston Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mount Marion PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mount Marion Pit and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mount Marion Sandstone QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mount Marion Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Saugerties Blue Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flatbush in 1 storm report in 2024: 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
June 2024Thunderstorm WindFlatbush-A tree was downed on wires on Old Stage Road.

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
Glenerie Lake Park1.3 miles29
Ulster Landing1.4 miles31
Glenerie1.4 miles29
Glasco2.1 miles29
Mount Marion2.1 miles29
Mount Marion Park2.4 miles29
Lake Katrine2.5 miles31
Ruby2.9 miles29

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.

Wikipedia article on FlatbushAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q132410382The 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 950252. 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.