Longyear, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Shandaken town. It lies in ZIP code area 12457. It stands on Beaver Kill. The Survey maps it on the Phoenicia quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Longyear within Ulster County

Then and now

1900 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Longyear (historical), surveyed 1997

Topographic sheet of Longyear (historical), surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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.

1900 USGS Phoenicia quadrangle1:62500
1903 USGS Phoenicia quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
1946 USGS Phoenicia quadrangle1:24000
1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Phoenicia quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Pepacton Reservoir quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1997 USGS Phoenicia quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

33 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Longyear (historical) between 2000 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined	13
Debris and open burning	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Smoking	4
Arson/incendiarism	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Natural	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
18 September 2010	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	WITTENBERG FIRE
31 July 2002	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
20 July 2020	Recreation and ceremony	1.3 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
6 May 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
28 May 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
30 April 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.6 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 April 2016	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
28 April 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	3.2 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Longyear (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Olive Bank	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Mount Pleasant	0.3 miles	24
Mount Tremper	1.0 miles	24
Woodland	2.1 miles	24
Beechford	2.4 miles	24
Phoenicia	2.6 miles	24
Cold Brook	2.9 miles	24
Chichester	3.5 miles	24
Boiceville	3.5 miles	24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2371391. 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.