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Shady Brook, New York

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

Shady Brook 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 Shady Brook, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Shady Brook, surveyed 1893

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

559 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 559 fires within 5 miles of Shady Brook between 2000 and 2020, burning about 422 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 76 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/undetermined272
Arson/incendiarism76
Smoking69
Natural46
Debris and open burning36
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Equipment and vehicle use16
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes2

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 2005Arson/incendiarismunder 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 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Shady Brook: 26 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, 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
Probably Borrow Pits of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialClay, StonePast ProducerChert
Sandstone Rock Quarry No. Hj-010Stone, DimensionPast ProducerSandstone
Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Limestone Quarry No. Hj-0.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
La Grange PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
La Grange Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Noxon Road MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Noxon Road 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
Manchester Bridge0.2 miles34
Titusville1.2 miles34
Rombout Ridge1.5 miles34
Arlington1.7 miles35
MacDonnell Heights1.8 miles34
Red Oaks Mill2.0 miles34
Colonial Heights2.2 miles34
Rochdale2.5 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2460791. 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.