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Hughsonville, New York

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Wappinger town. It lies in ZIP code area 12590. It stands on Wappinger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wappingers Falls quadrangle. It stands 167 feet above sea level.

Hughsonville within Dutchess County

Then and now

1893 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hughsonville, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Hughsonville, surveyed 1893

On record in Hughsonville

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 36 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

515 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 515 fires within 5 miles of Hughsonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 970 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 89 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/undetermined232
Arson/incendiarism89
Smoking55
Natural47
Debris and open burning26
Equipment and vehicle use23
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Hughsonville: 28 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Clinton QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Probably Borrow Pit of Limestone Or Unconsolidated MaterialStone, ClayPast Producer
Borrow PitStone, ClayPast Producer
Limestone Rock Quarries No. Hj-018StonePast Producer
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-016StoneProducerUnknown
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-017StonePast Producer
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-021StonePast Producer
Cedar Cliff QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Clinton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Limestone Rock QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dutchess 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
New Hamburg1.1 miles36
Wappingers Falls1.4 miles36
Birchwood Park1.8 miles36
Howland1.8 miles36
Chelsea2.8 miles36
Castle Point3.0 miles36
Stoneco3.0 miles36
Knapps Corner3.3 miles35

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.

Wikidata item Q122539358The 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 953411. 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.