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Kripplebush, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Marbletown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12404. The Survey maps it on the Mohonk Lake quadrangle.

Kripplebush 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 Kripplebush, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Kripplebush, surveyed 1901

On record in Kripplebush

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

11 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

200 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Kripplebush between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,299 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined114
Arson/incendiarism25
Debris and open burning18
Natural12
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use8
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
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
2 September 2001Missing 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
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kripplebush: 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Abrasive. 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
Diamond Productions/ Clifton, N.J.AbrasiveUnknown
Krom Road Gravel BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Accord Stone and Lime CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nytralite Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

7 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kripplebush in 7 storm reports between 2016 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
April 2026Thunderstorm WindKripplebush-A local 911 Call Center relayed a report of a tree and wires down on Route 209 near Kyserike Road near Accord, NY.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindKripplebush-Wires were reported down on Cooper Street.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindKripplebush-Trees and wires were downed.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindKripplebush-A tree was blown down on Bone Hollow Road between Whitefield Road and Smith Lane.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindKripplebush-A tree was reported down on Pine Bush Road between Buck Road and County Route 2.
February 2016FloodKripplebush-Heavy rain and snow melt upon a frozen ground caused the Kripplebush Creek to overflow its banks and flow across County Route 2 near Stone Ridge.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindKripplebush-Trees and wires were down across Kripplebush Road in Marbletown due to thunderstorm winds.

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
Lyonsville1.1 miles27
Whitfield2.4 miles27
Stone Ridge3.0 miles27
Kyserike3.2 miles27
Alligerville3.2 miles27
The Vly3.2 miles28
High Falls3.7 miles27
Mettacahonts3.7 miles23

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 Q122594098The 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 954819. 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.