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New Salem, New York

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

New Salem 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 New Salem, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of New Salem, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

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

386 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 386 fires within 5 miles of New Salem between 1997 and 2020, burning about 324 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined212
Smoking73
Debris and open burning33
Arson/incendiarism31
Natural17
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire 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

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of New Salem: 9 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
EddyvilleBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Kingston QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Kingston QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Dwyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dwyer Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
H. Franco and Son Sand and Stone CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Colite PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Colite PitClayPast Producer
Eddyville Clay PitClayPast Producer
Hudson Stone Quarry & Cement PlantStone, 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
Eddyville0.5 miles30
Saint Remy0.9 miles30
Wilbur1.2 miles30
Connelly1.7 miles31
Bloomington1.9 miles30
Hillside1.9 miles30
Hickorybush2.2 miles30
Port Ewen2.2 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958454. 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.