Mount Ross, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pine Plains town. It lies in ZIP code area 12567. It stands on Fall Kill. The Survey maps it on the Ancram quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Mount Ross
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Melius-Bentley Houselisted 1982 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1902 USGS Copake quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Copake quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Ancram quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ancram quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
100 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Mount Ross between 1993 and 2019, burning about 270 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 20 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 | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 20 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 July 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mount Ross: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Meccariello Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jack Meccariello Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| South Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Corners | 1.8 miles | 22 | |
| Pachin Mills | 3.1 miles | 28 | |
| Pine Plains | 3.6 miles | 28 | |
| Lafayetteville | 3.6 miles | 28 | |
| Hammertown | 4.5 miles | 28 | |
| Milan | 5.4 miles | 29 | |
| Bethel | 5.5 miles | 28 | |
| Cokertown | 5.7 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957899. 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.









