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Marbletown, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Marbletown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12401. It stands on Stony Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kingston West quadrangle.

Marbletown within Ulster County

Then and now

1901 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Marbletown, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Marbletown, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

On record in Marbletown

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 5 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

165 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Marbletown between 1993 and 2020, burning about 152 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined73
Debris and open burning25
Smoking24
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1

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
26 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2002Natural2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2020Recreation and ceremony1.6 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Marbletown: 3 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Abrasive, Bloating Material. 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
Diamond Productions/ Clifton, N.J.AbrasiveUnknown
EddyvilleBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Eddyville Clay PitClayPast Producer
Dwyer Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
H. Franco and Son Sand and Stone CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nytralite AggregatesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Nytralite Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

9 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marbletown in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flood. 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 1996Thunderstorm WindMarbletown$10,000no account filed
July 2021HailMarbletown-One and a quarter inch hail reported near Marbletown, NY.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMarbletown-Tree downed onto wires along Route 209.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindMarbletown-A tree was downed on wires on Marcott Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMarbletown-Numerous trees were reported down in Marbletown as a result of thunderstorm winds.
June 2009FloodMarbletown-Heavy rainfall led to flooding, resulting in the closure of Tongore Road.
October 2006FloodMarbletown-County Road 6 was closed due to flooding in Marbletown Township, approximately 6 miles southwest of Marbletown.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindMarbletown-Trees and wires down.
May 2002HailMarbletown-no account filed

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lomontville0.8 miles28
Cottekill2.3 miles28
Binnewater2.4 miles28
Stone Ridge2.5 miles27
Atwood2.6 miles28
Lapla2.7 miles28
Kallops Corners2.8 miles28
Riverside Park2.9 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956492. 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.