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Van Keurens, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Poughkeepsie town. It lies in ZIP code area 12601. The Survey maps it on the Poughkeepsie quadrangle.

Van Keurens within Dutchess County

Then and now

1893 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 102 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Van Keurens, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Van Keurens, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 35 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

568 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 568 fires within 5 miles of Van Keurens between 1999 and 2020, burning about 752 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 80 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/undetermined292
Arson/incendiarism80
Smoking75
Natural38
Debris and open burning28
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Equipment and vehicle use16
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony6
Other causes1

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 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
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 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Van Keurens: 18 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay. 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
Clinton QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Sandstone Rock Quarry No. Hj-010Stone, DimensionPast ProducerSandstone
Clay Pit Deposit No. Hj-0ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit Deposit No. Hj-012ClayPast ProducerClay
Limestone Rock Quarries No. Hj-018StonePast Producer
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-011StonePast ProducerLimestone
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-016StoneProducerUnknown
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-017StonePast Producer
Cedar Cliff QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Clinton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working 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
Rudco0.4 miles35
Crown Heights0.6 miles35
Barnegat0.9 miles35
Stoneco1.7 miles36
Spackenkill1.8 miles35
Knapps Corner1.9 miles35
Howland2.8 miles36
Red Oaks Mill3.7 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973190. 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.