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Saxton, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Saugerties town. It lies in ZIP code area 12477. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cementon quadrangle.

Saxton within Ulster County

Then and now

1895 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Saxton, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Saxton, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

263 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 263 fires within 5 miles of Saxton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 298 acres in total. 13 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/undetermined105
Debris and open burning64
Arson/incendiarism34
Equipment and vehicle use18
Natural13
Smoking13
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes3

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBUTTERMILK FALLS FIRE
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Saxton: 16 past producers, 14 producers. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Clay, Flagstone. 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
Paul Blum Cementon PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Quarryville Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Saxton Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Malden On Hudson Clay PitClayProducer
Malden On Hudson Clay PitClayPast Producer
Smith's Landing Clay PitClayProducer
Smith's Landing Clay PitClayPast Producer
Alsen Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Alsen QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Catskill QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

1 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saxton in 1 storm report in 1998: 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1998LightningSaxton1 hurtAt Saxton in Ulster County, a male was stuck by lightning. The individual was hospitalized and released.

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
Asbury2.2 miles27
Manorville2.5 miles32
Quarryville2.7 miles29
Katsbaan3.5 miles29
Blue Mountain3.7 miles29
West Camp4.0 miles29
Eavesport4.2 miles29
West Saugerties4.2 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964549. 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.

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.