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Mount Marion, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Saugerties town. It lies in ZIP code area 12477. It stands on Plattekill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saugerties quadrangle.

Mount Marion within Ulster County

Then and now

1895 to 1997

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 Mount Marion, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Mount Marion, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

358 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 358 fires within 5 miles of Mount Marion between 1993 and 2020, burning about 359 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 43 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/undetermined156
Smoking58
Arson/incendiarism43
Debris and open burning28
Equipment and vehicle use24
Natural18
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony7
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2017Missing 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 Mount Marion: 14 producers, 7 past producers. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, 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
Mt. MarionBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Saugerties Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Saugerties Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Mount Marion PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mount Marion Pit and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mount Marion Sandstone QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mount Marion Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Saugerties Blue Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Saugerties Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sawyer Shale PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Mount Marion Park0.6 miles29
Glenerie0.8 miles29
Glenerie Lake Park1.7 miles29
Ruby2.1 miles29
Glasco2.1 miles29
Flatbush2.1 miles29
Fish Creek2.1 miles29
High Woods2.3 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957855. 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.