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Irondale, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in North East town. It lies in ZIP code area 12546. It stands on Sawmill Brook. The Survey maps it on the Millerton quadrangle.

Irondale within Dutchess County

Then and now

1899 to 1993

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 Irondale, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Irondale, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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

61 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Irondale between 2003 and 2020, burning about 123 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined33
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural7
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestry42 ETHAN ALLLEN STREET SALISBURY
20 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestry341 MILLERTON ROAD
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Irondale: 31 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Manganese, Manganese, Zinc. 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
Marble QuarriesMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Dakin Limonite MineIron, Manganese, ZincPast ProducerGoethite, Limonite
Dakin Limonite MineIron, Manganese, ZincPast Producer
Kelly Limonite MineIron, Manganese, ZincPast ProducerGoethite, Limonite
Kelly Limonite MineIron, Manganese, ZincPast Producer
David Parson's Bog Mn OccurrenceManganeseOccurrence
David Parson's Bog Mn OccurrenceManganesePast Producer
Fox Hill Bog Mn OccurrenceManganeseOccurrence
Fox Hill Bog Mn OccurrenceManganeseProspect
Morgan Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Irondale in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 flash flood. 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
September 2018Flash FloodIrondale-Route 22 was closed between Rudd Pond Road and Beilke Road due to flooding.

Every storm 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
Millerton1.2 miles27
Spencer Corners1.2 miles27
State Line1.8 miles35
Mount Riga2.0 miles27
Northeast Center2.5 miles27
Pulvers Corners3.2 miles27
Whitehouse Crossing4.1 miles20
Northeast4.1 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953776. 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.