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Mount Tremper, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Shandaken town. It lies in ZIP code area 12457. It stands on Beaver Kill. The Survey maps it on the Phoenicia quadrangle.

Mount Tremper within Ulster County

Then and now

1900 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 97 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 Tremper, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Mount Tremper, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

On record in Mount Tremper

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

46 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Mount Tremper between 2000 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined18
Smoking8
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
18 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersWITTENBERG FIRE
31 July 2002Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 July 2020Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
13 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 May 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mount Tremper: 1 producer. All of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Olive BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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 Pleasant0.8 miles24
Longyear (historical)1.0 miles24
Beechford1.7 miles24
Cold Brook2.2 miles24
Boiceville2.8 miles24
Woodland3.0 miles24
Willow3.3 miles29
Phoenicia3.5 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957914. 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.