Ulster Park, New York
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Esopus town. It lies in ZIP code area 12487. It lies near Shaupeneak Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Hyde Park quadrangle.
Then and now
1898 to 1993The 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.


On record in Ulster Park
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Klyne Esopuslisted 2002 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 30 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1898 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1934 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Hyde Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hyde Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
234 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 234 fires within 5 miles of Ulster Park between 1997 and 2020, burning about 228 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined | 139 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 28 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 28 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 19 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ulster Park: 6 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Bloating Material. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddyville | Bloating Material | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Eddyville Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Kingston Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kingston Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Nytralite Aggregates | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dwyer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dwyer Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| H. Franco and Son Sand and Stone Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hyde Park Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Morris Bank | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Center | 1.1 miles | 30 | |
| Esopus | 2.0 miles | 30 | |
| Saint Remy | 3.0 miles | 30 | |
| Ellerslie | 3.2 miles | 31 | |
| Port Ewen | 3.4 miles | 31 | |
| New Salem | 3.4 miles | 30 | |
| Rifton | 3.4 miles | 28 | |
| Creeklocks | 3.7 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968115. 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.












