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Upper Red Hook, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Red Hook town. It lies in ZIP code area 12571. The Survey maps it on the Clermont quadrangle.

Upper Red Hook within Dutchess County

Then and now

1895 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Upper Red Hook, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Upper Red Hook, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

173 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Upper Red Hook between 1999 and 2020, burning about 231 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 39 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/undetermined75
Arson/incendiarism39
Debris and open burning29
Natural17
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
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
19 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Upper Red Hook: 6 producers, 4 past producers. 6 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
Archer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Denter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Elizaville Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Red Hook Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Rock City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rock City Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Roe-Jan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Route 199 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Route 199 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Route 199 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Upper Red Hook in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2022Thunderstorm WindUpper Red Hook-A tree was downed on Route 9G between Lasher Road and West Kerley Corners Road south of Nevis.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindUpper Red Hook-Trees were downed on West Kerley Corners Road.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindUpper Red Hook-A tree was downed north of Kerley Corners Road.

Every storm 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
Kerleys Corners0.9 miles27
Cokertown1.4 miles27
Fraleighs1.9 miles27
Red Hook Mills2.0 miles27
College Park2.1 miles29
Linden Acres2.2 miles29
Red Hook2.9 miles31
Cruger Village3.3 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968296. 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.