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Olivebridge, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Olive town. It lies in ZIP code area 12461. The Survey maps it on the Ashokan quadrangle.

Olivebridge within Ulster County

Then and now

1901 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Olivebridge, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Olivebridge, surveyed 1901

On record in Olivebridge

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

110 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Olivebridge between 1993 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined64
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Olivebridge: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Nytralite Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

15 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olivebridge in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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
July 2000Flash FloodOlivebridge$29,000no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindOlivebridge$6,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindOlivebridge$2,000no account filed
December 2023FloodOlivebridge$1,000Route 213 was reported closed two miles east of the Town of Olive.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindOlivebridge-A tree was downed onto wires in the Town of Olive.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindOlivebridge-A tree and wires were downed on Weber Lane in the Town of Olive.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindOlivebridge-Trees and wires were downed.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindOlivebridge-Trees and wires down on Atwood Road.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindOlivebridge-Trees were reported down.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindOlivebridge-Wires were reported down on Private Lane in the town of Olive due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2011HailOlivebridge-Half dollar size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Olivebridge.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindOlivebridge-Two trees along with wires were reported down across Route 213 in Olivebridge.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindOlivebridge-Trees were reported down in Olivebridge due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindOlivebridge-Trees were blown down.
May 2018HailOlivebridge-no account filed

Every storm 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
Davis Corners0.7 miles28
Winchell2.3 miles26
Brodhead2.5 miles26
Pacama2.6 miles28
The Vly2.9 miles28
Shokan3.1 miles28
Krumville3.3 miles28
Ashokan3.4 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959342. 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.