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Pleasant Ridge, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Union Vale town. It lies in ZIP code area 12570. It lies near Dennis Hill. The Survey maps it on the Verbank quadrangle.

Pleasant Ridge within Dutchess County

Then and now

1893 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pleasant Ridge, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Pleasant Ridge, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 32 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

119 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Ridge between 1993 and 2019, burning about 740 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined61
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural13
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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
9 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
22 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Ridge: 34 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Peat. 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
Dover Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerLimonite, Siderite
Dover Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Wingdale Pit and PlantPeatPast ProducerPeat
Wingdale QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Wingdale Quarry and MillTitanium, MetalPast Producer
Beekman Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bruzgul PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cheer Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dover Drag Strip PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dover Drag Strip Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Dutchess 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
Clove2.1 miles32
Clove Valley2.3 miles32
Pine Grove Terrace2.4 miles32
Poughquag3.2 miles32
North Clove3.8 miles32
Dover Furnace4.1 miles35
West Pawling4.2 miles32
Wingdale4.2 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972957. 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.