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.
Then and now
1895 to 1997The 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.


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.
- Oaterhoudt Stone Houselisted 2001 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 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.
- 1895 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1934 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Saugerties quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Saugerties quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
393 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 160 |
| Smoking | 88 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mt. Marion | Bloating Material | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Saugerties Blue Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Kingston Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kingston Quarry & Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mount Marion Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mount Marion Pit and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mount Marion Sandstone Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mount Marion Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Saugerties Blue Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flatbush | - | A tree was downed on wires on Old Stage Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenerie Lake Park | 1.3 miles | 29 | |
| Ulster Landing | 1.4 miles | 31 | |
| Glenerie | 1.4 miles | 29 | |
| Glasco | 2.1 miles | 29 | |
| Mount Marion | 2.1 miles | 29 | |
| Mount Marion Park | 2.4 miles | 29 | |
| Lake Katrine | 2.5 miles | 31 | |
| Ruby | 2.9 miles | 29 |
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 Flatbush | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q132410382 | 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 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.











