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Leedsville, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Amenia town. It lies in ZIP code area 12501. It stands on Indian Lake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Amenia quadrangle.

Leedsville 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 Leedsville, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Leedsville, surveyed 1899

On record in Leedsville

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

10 surveys from 28 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

105 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Leedsville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined53
Debris and open burning20
Natural15
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestry11 WILLIAMS RD
9 August 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of ForestryWEST WOODS ROAD #1
19 August 2016Natural2.5 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 August 1993Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresConnecticut Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Leedsville: 19 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Iron, Manganese, Copper. 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
Quartzite QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Smithfield MineLeadPast Producer
General Bush Copper MineCopperPast Producer
General Bush Copper MineCopperPast Producer
Amenia Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1825, 1835
Amenia MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1760
Indian Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerLimonite
Manhattan MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Manhattan Sharon Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerLimonite
Amenia Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Sharon Station2.0 miles27
Amenia2.3 miles28
Coleman Station3.2 miles27
South Amenia4.1 miles28
Wassaic4.3 miles28
Smithfield5.0 miles27
Northeast5.1 miles27
Northeast Center5.4 miles27

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 Q122548026The 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 972713. 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.