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Linden Acres, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Red Hook town. It lies in ZIP code area 12571. It lies near Whaleback. The Survey maps it on the Saugerties quadrangle.

Linden Acres within Dutchess County

Then and now

1895 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 102 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Linden Acres, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Linden Acres, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

On record in Linden Acres

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

12 surveys from 29 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

186 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Linden Acres between 1999 and 2020, burning about 230 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 42 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/undetermined78
Arson/incendiarism42
Debris and open burning25
Natural20
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder 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 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Linden Acres: 8 producers, 4 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Mount Marion PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mount Marion Pit and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Archer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Denter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Elizaville Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Red Hook Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Rock City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rock City Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Roe-Jan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Route 199 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
Red Hook Mills0.4 miles27
College Park0.5 miles29
Red Hook1.2 miles31
Annandale-on-Hudson1.5 miles29
Cruger Village1.8 miles29
Upper Red Hook2.2 miles27
Fraleighs2.5 miles27
Barrytown2.6 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955399. 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.