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.
Then and now
1893 to 1993The 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 sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 32 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1946 USGS Verbank quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Verbank quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Verbank quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
119 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 61 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 10 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Limonite, Siderite | |
| Dover Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Wingdale Pit and Plant | Peat | Past Producer | Peat | |
| Wingdale Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Wingdale Quarry and Mill | Titanium, Metal | Past Producer | ||
| Beekman Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bruzgul Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cheer Farm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dover Drag Strip Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dover Drag Strip Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clove | 2.1 miles | 32 | |
| Clove Valley | 2.3 miles | 32 | |
| Pine Grove Terrace | 2.4 miles | 32 | |
| Poughquag | 3.2 miles | 32 | |
| North Clove | 3.8 miles | 32 | |
| Dover Furnace | 4.1 miles | 35 | |
| West Pawling | 4.2 miles | 32 | |
| Wingdale | 4.2 miles | 35 |
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.













