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West 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 12493. The Survey maps it on the Hyde Park quadrangle. It stands 102 feet above sea level.

West Park 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 West Park, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of West Park, surveyed 1898

On record in West 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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

328 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 328 fires within 5 miles of West Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 255 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 66 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/undetermined183
Arson/incendiarism66
Smoking19
Debris and open burning15
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of West Park: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone. 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
Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialStone, ClayPast ProducerChert
Probably Borrow Pits of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialClay, StonePast ProducerChert
Borrow PitStone, ClayPast Producer
Borrow PitsStone, ClayPast Producer
Hyde Park PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morris BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Park in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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
December 2023FloodWest Park$1,000Flooding was reported along US Route 9W southbound north of Route 299 in the Town of Lloyd.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Park-A tree was downed on wires along Route 9W.

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
Esopus2.3 miles30
Plutarch3.8 miles28
Ulster Park4.3 miles30
Union Center4.4 miles30
Lloyd4.7 miles25
Dashville4.9 miles28
Highland5.1 miles35
Rifton5.1 miles28

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.

Wikipedia article on West ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7986162The 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 970833. 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.