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Plutarch, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in New Paltz town. It lies in ZIP code area 12528. The Survey maps it on the Rosendale quadrangle.

Plutarch 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 Plutarch, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Plutarch, surveyed 1901

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

293 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 293 fires within 5 miles of Plutarch between 1997 and 2020, burning about 282 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 34 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/undetermined155
Smoking43
Arson/incendiarism34
Debris and open burning27
Equipment and vehicle use17
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plutarch in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
May 2022Thunderstorm WindPlutarch-Law enforcement reported two trees down near New Paltz.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindPlutarch-Multiple trees were reported down near New Paltz as a result of thunderstorm winds.
August 2014HailPlutarch-Nickel size hail was reported during a thunderstorm near New Paltz.

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
Elting Corners2.6 miles25
Ohioville3.0 miles25
Dashville3.1 miles28
Lloyd3.1 miles25
Springtown3.2 miles28
West Park3.8 miles30
New Paltz3.8 miles25
Tillson4.1 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 960783. 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.

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.