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Tuckers Corner, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Plattekill town. It lies in ZIP code area 12528. It lies near Marlboro Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Clintondale quadrangle.

Tuckers Corner within Ulster County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tuckers Corner, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Tuckers Corner, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

285 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 285 fires within 5 miles of Tuckers Corner between 1998 and 2020, burning about 580 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined179
Debris and open burning23
Arson/incendiarism22
Smoking17
Natural16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 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 Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tuckers Corner: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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
Sandstone Rock Quarry No. Hj-010Stone, DimensionPast ProducerSandstone
Clintondale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Milton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Lattintown2.1 miles25
Clintondale2.2 miles25
Baileys Gap2.3 miles25
Ardonia2.4 miles25
Clintondale Station3.7 miles25
Milton3.9 miles35
Modena3.9 miles25
Plattekill4.3 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 967929. 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.