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Rolling Meadows, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Hurley town. It lies in ZIP code area 12443. It lies near Pink Hill. The Survey maps it on the Kingston West quadrangle.

Rolling Meadows within Ulster County

Then and now

1901 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rolling Meadows, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Rolling Meadows, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

On record in Rolling Meadows

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

447 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 447 fires within 5 miles of Rolling Meadows between 1992 and 2020, burning about 536 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 49 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/undetermined225
Smoking97
Arson/incendiarism49
Debris and open burning27
Natural22
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
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
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
4 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersNICHOLSON FIRE
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Rolling Meadows: 9 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, General. 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
EddyvilleBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Kingston QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Stony Hollow Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Eddyville Clay PitClayPast Producer
Jova Manufacturing Corp Clay MineClayProducer
Tova Manufacturing Corp. Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Dwyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dwyer Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
H. Franco and Son Sand and Stone CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marbletown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working 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
Hurley0.5 miles30
Hillside1.0 miles30
Riverside Park1.4 miles30
Eddyville2.5 miles30
Wiltwyck Gardens2.5 miles30
Wilbur2.7 miles30
New Salem2.7 miles30
Whiteport2.8 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962836. 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.