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Rombout Ridge, New York

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in LaGrange town. It lies in ZIP code area 12603. It lies near Clover Hill. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Valley quadrangle.

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

On record in Rombout Ridge

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

13 surveys from 34 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

540 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 540 fires within 5 miles of Rombout Ridge between 2000 and 2020, burning about 434 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 82 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/undetermined260
Arson/incendiarism82
Smoking62
Natural44
Debris and open burning33
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Equipment and vehicle use19
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
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
8 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire 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 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Rombout Ridge: 22 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay. 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
Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Limestone Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialStone, ClayPast ProducerChert
Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialStone, ClayPast ProducerChert
Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialStone, ClayPast ProducerChert
Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialStone, ClayPast ProducerChert
La Grange PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Titusville0.5 miles34
Red Oaks Mill0.7 miles34
Shady Brook1.5 miles34
Manchester Bridge1.5 miles34
Spackenkill2.6 miles35
New Hackensack2.8 miles35
Diddell2.8 miles35
Arlington2.8 miles35

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122592548The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962838. 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.