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Turnwood, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hardenburgh town. It lies in ZIP code area 12758. It stands on Alder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arena quadrangle.

Turnwood within Ulster County

Then and now

1901 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Turnwood, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Turnwood, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

3 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Turnwood between 2001 and 2008, burning about 2 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
21 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 April 2001Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 October 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Turnwood: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Gaffney MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

3 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Turnwood in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2007: 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
June 1998Tornado (F1)Turnwood$150,000no account filed
June 2007Flash FloodTurnwood$25,000Several roads were washed out near Turnwood as a result of very heavy rainfall early Tuesday evening. Estimated rainfall amounts of 5 to 6 inches occurred across extreme western portions of Ulster county.
September 2004Flash FloodTurnwood-*In Hardenbergh* All roads closed due to flooding. Town supervisor declared a state of emergency.

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
Hardenburg2.8 miles21
Belle Ayr6.2 miles21
Seager9.1 miles21
Mapledale9.8 miles21
Frost Valley10.8 miles23
Ladleton11.6 miles23
Denning12.7 miles25
Branch12.8 miles25

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 Q122596678The 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 973168. 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.