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Ulster Landing, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Ulster town. It lies in ZIP code area 12477. The Survey maps it on the Kingston East quadrangle.

Ulster Landing within Ulster County

Then and now

1898 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ulster Landing, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Ulster Landing, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 31 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

400 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 400 fires within 5 miles of Ulster Landing between 1999 and 2020, burning about 388 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 50 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/undetermined151
Smoking94
Arson/incendiarism50
Debris and open burning35
Natural29
Equipment and vehicle use20
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder 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 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Ulster Landing: 13 producers, 10 past producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Kingston QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Mt. MarionBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Denter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Red Hook Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Route 199 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Route 199 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Route 199 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Colite PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Colite PitClayPast Producer
Glasco Clay PitClayProducer

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
Flatbush1.4 miles29
Glenerie Lake Park2.3 miles29
Lake Katrine2.3 miles31
Glenerie2.8 miles29
East Kingston3.2 miles31
Glasco3.2 miles29
Mount Marion3.5 miles29
Mount Marion Park3.8 miles29

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 Q122560824The 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 968114. 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.