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North Hudson, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in North Hudson town. It lies in ZIP code area 12855. It stands on The Branch. The Survey maps it on the Paradox Lake quadrangle.

North Hudson within Essex County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of North Hudson, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of North Hudson, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 28 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of North Hudson between 1992 and 2019, burning about 68 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 3 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
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2001Natural2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
6 August 2010Smokingunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
19 August 2013Smoking3.0 acresNew York Forest RangersJOHNSON POND FIRE
17 August 2007Natural3.0 acresNew York Forest RangersCAREY MARSH RIDGE
15 August 2002Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest RangersBLUE RIDGE
10 August 2001Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
6 July 1997Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of North Hudson: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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
Benson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Benson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bessey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Palmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Palmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Palmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Essex County

Storms near this place

1 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Hudson in 1 storm report in 1996: 1 hail. 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
June 1996HailNorth Hudson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Essex 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
Blue Ridge3.0 miles25
Schroon Falls3.8 miles28
Severance5.3 miles28
Paradox6.1 miles28
Schroon Lake8.0 miles27
Underwood9.7 miles28
Loch Muller10.4 miles27
Ironville10.4 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958825. 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.