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Ludingtonville, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Kent town. It lies in ZIP code area 10512. The Survey maps it on the Poughquag quadrangle. It stands 906 feet above sea level.

Ludingtonville within Putnam County

Then and now

1893 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ludingtonville, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Ludingtonville, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 32 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

183 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Ludingtonville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 281 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined88
Arson/incendiarism30
Natural21
Smoking15
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAppalachian National Scenic TrailHOSNER 3
7 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2010Smoking1.1 acresAppalachian National Scenic TrailMORGAN STEWART SHELT
6 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAppalachian National Scenic TrailHOSNER 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Ludingtonville: 15 past producers, 4 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Arsenic, Iron, Sulfur, Sulfur. 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
Marble Rock Quarry No. 6kMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Marble Rock Quarry No. Gk-011Stone, DimensionPast Producer
Putnam County Arsenic MineArsenic, Sulfur, Iron, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Putnam County Arsenic MineArsenic, Copper, Iron, SulfurPast Producer
Brown's QuarryArsenicOccurrence
Fishkill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fishkill Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hobby Pyritiferous OreIron, SulfurProspect
Hobby Pyritiferous Ore OpeningIron, SulfurPast ProducerUnknown
Ludingtonville Pyrite ProspectIron, SulfurOccurrenceMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ludingtonville in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2018Tornado (EF2)Ludingtonville$250,000Based on a National Weather Service storm survey, done in|conjunction with the Putnam County Bureau of Emergency |Services, is been determined that an EF2 tornado with estimated |peak winds of 115 mph moved through Kent, New York. The tornado|originated near apartments at 1213 New York Route 52. It continued|down NY State Route 52, damaging some roofs in the strip mall at |the intersection of Route 52 and Farmers Mill Road, where it also|knocked down portions of the parapet above the Dunkin Donuts, and|snapped and uprooted some trees. The tornado lifted near 52 Bowen|Road in Kent. The most extensive damage was along Schuykill |Court, where dozens of large trees were uprooted and snapped, with|a convergent pattern to most of the fallen trees. Based on this |damage, the tornado was classified as an EF2, with estimated |maximum winds of around 115 mph.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindLudingtonville$5,000Tree down on a transformer.

Every storm recorded in Putnam 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
Berkshire Terrace1.1 miles35
Kent Hills1.1 miles35
Carmel Park Estates2.6 miles35
Farmers Mills2.7 miles35
West Patterson3.2 miles32
Kent Corners3.2 miles35
Lake Carmel3.4 miles35
Harmony Park3.5 miles32

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.

Wikipedia article on LudingtonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30622813The 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 956138. 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.