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Hardenburg, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hardenburgh town. It lies in ZIP code area 12758. It stands on Beecher Brook. The Survey maps it on the Arena quadrangle.

Hardenburg within Ulster County

Then and now

1901 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hardenburg, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Hardenburg, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

5 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Hardenburg between 1992 and 1999, burning about 154 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
28 August 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
29 June 1994Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
20 May 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined140 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
23 April 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
10 April 1999Equipment and vehicle use11 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hardenburg: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Gaffney MineIronPast Producer

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
Turnwood2.8 miles21
Belle Ayr5.7 miles21
Seager7.6 miles21
Frost Valley8.3 miles23
Ladleton8.8 miles23
Mapledale9.3 miles21
Denning10.0 miles25
Branch10.3 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972595. 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.