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Shunpike, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Washington town. It lies in ZIP code area 12545. The Survey maps it on the Millbrook quadrangle.

Shunpike within Dutchess County

Then and now

1899 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Shunpike, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Shunpike, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

147 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Shunpike between 1993 and 2020, burning about 207 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined76
Debris and open burning25
Arson/incendiarism24
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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 2003Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Shunpike: 14 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Baldwin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Baldwin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bangall Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Bangall Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clinton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Frank S. Fanelli Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Frank S. Fanelli Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mountain Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mountain Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Route 199 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Stanfordville2.7 miles29
Clinton Corners2.9 miles29
Willow Brook3.0 miles29
Hibernia3.1 miles29
Millbrook3.1 miles29
Bangall3.4 miles28
Mabbettsville3.6 miles29
South Millbrook3.8 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973068. 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.