West Saugerties, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Saugerties town. It lies in ZIP code area 12477. It lies near Plattekill Clove. The Survey maps it on the Woodstock quadrangle. It stands 607 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1892 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 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.
- 1892 USGS Kaaterskill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1893 USGS Kaaterskill quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Kaaterskill quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Kaaterskill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Kaaterskill quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1945 USGS Woodstock quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1946 USGS Plattekill quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pepacton Reservoir quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
207 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of West Saugerties between 1997 and 2020, burning about 178 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 20 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 | 103 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 26 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | DIBBLES UNATTEND CAMPFIRE |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BUTTERMILK FALLS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of West Saugerties: 7 producers, 4 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarryville Blue Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Duffy's Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| West Saugerties Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| West Saugerties Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| 3/4 Mile N.N.E. Saxton Blue Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| North of Quarryville Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| North of Quarryville Sandstone Qy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quarryville Blue Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sawyer Shale Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Saxton Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | 1.5 miles | 29 | |
| Manorville | 2.2 miles | 32 | |
| Centerville | 2.7 miles | 29 | |
| Quarryville | 3.3 miles | 29 | |
| Veteran | 3.6 miles | 29 | |
| Fish Creek | 4.0 miles | 29 | |
| Saxton | 4.2 miles | 27 | |
| Katsbaan | 4.2 miles | 29 |
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 Saugerties | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7986434 | The 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 970859. 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.











