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Livingston, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Livingston town. It lies in ZIP code area 12534. The Survey maps it on the Hudson South quadrangle.

Livingston within Columbia County

Then and now

1895 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Livingston, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Livingston, surveyed 1895

On record in Livingston

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 6 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Livingston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 125 acres in total. 11 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/undetermined31
Debris and open burning19
Natural11
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 August 2005Power generation/transmission/distribution4.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2004Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 July 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 July 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Livingston: 8 producers, 7 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sulfur, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
F.H. Stickles & Son S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
F.H. Stickles & Son S & G Pit & MilSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Fabiano PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kearny PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Burden No. 2 Carbonate Iron MineIron, SulfurProducerCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Burden No. 2 Carbonate Iron MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Burden No. 3 Iron Carbonate MineIron, SulfurProducerCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Burden No. 3 Iron Carbonate MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Cedar Hill Iron Carbonate MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Cedar Hill Iron Carbonate OpeningsIron, SulfurProducerCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

25 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Livingston in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 20 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning. 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 1995Thunderstorm WindLivingston$300,000Severe thunderstorms moved across central and eastern New York during the late morning and early afternoon of the 4th ahead of a powerful cold front. At Norrie State Park in Staatsburg 75 to 100 trees were blown down. Central Hudson Electric and Gas Company reported over 16,000 customers without power during the height of the storms. Other areas hit hard by the storms were Livingston and Germantown in Columbia County where numerous trees were toppled some of which fell on homes.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindLivingston$175,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindLivingston$24,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindLivingston$20,000no account filed
June 2000HailLivingston$10,000no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindLivingston-Trees and wires were reported down in a few locations in the Town of Livingston.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLivingston-A tree was reported down on wires in the town of Livingston.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLivingston-Trees and wires were reported down on County Route 10.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindLivingston-A tree and wires were downed on County Route 10.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindLivingston-Trees and wires were blown down on Orchard Road.
June 2014HailLivingston-Nickel size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Livingston.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindLivingston-One tree was reported down and across a road in Livingston due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindLivingston-A tree was reported down in Livingston as a result of thunderstorm winds.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindLivingston-The tops of small trees were sheared off a result of thunderstorm winds in Livingston.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindLivingston-Numerous trees were reported down in Livingston due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLivingston-A tree was reported down and blocking Route 9 in Livingston due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindLivingston-Multiple trees and wires were reported down in Columbia due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindLivingston-Wires and tree limbs were reported down in Livingston due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindLivingston-Trees and wires were reported down on Route 9 in Livingston due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindLivingston-Trees blown down in the vicinity of Mills Road and Bingham Hill Road.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindLivingston-Large tree limbs down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindLivingston-Large tree limbs down.
May 2004LightningLivingston-Numerous power outages due to lightning strikes.
May 2018HailLivingston-no account filed
June 2000HailLivingston-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
Glenco Mills2.0 miles23
Linlithgo Mills2.8 miles23
Burden2.9 miles27
Blue Store3.1 miles27
West Taghkanic3.3 miles22
Humphreysville3.3 miles27
Manorton3.6 miles27
Bingham Mills3.6 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955745. 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.