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Milton, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Marlborough town. It lies in ZIP code area 12547. The Survey maps it on the Poughkeepsie quadrangle.

Milton within Ulster County

Then and now

1893 to 1995

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 Milton, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Milton, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

On record in Milton

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 35 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

544 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 544 fires within 5 miles of Milton between 1999 and 2020, burning about 746 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 73 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/undetermined290
Arson/incendiarism73
Smoking63
Natural34
Debris and open burning31
Equipment and vehicle use20
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2

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 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Milton: 17 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Clinton QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialStone, ClayPast ProducerChert
Sandstone Rock Quarry No. Hj-010Stone, DimensionPast ProducerSandstone
Borrow PitStone, ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit Deposit No. Hj-0ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit Deposit No. Hj-012ClayPast ProducerClay
Clinton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Limestone Rock QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone Rock Quarries No. Hj-018StonePast Producer
Limestone Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

4 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milton in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 2 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
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMilton-Tree and wires were downed on Mahoney Road near Milton.
September 2021Flash FloodMilton-Route 9W was reported closed at Perkinsville Road due to flooding.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMilton-A downed tree closed US Highway 9W in the southbound direction.
August 2003Flash FloodMilton-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
Oakes2.0 miles35
Lattintown2.7 miles25
Baileys Gap3.2 miles25
Marlboro3.8 miles36
Tuckers Corner3.9 miles25
Highland Landing4.0 miles35
Highland4.2 miles35
Clintondale5.5 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957365. 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.