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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.

West Saugerties within Ulster County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

The 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 sheet of West Saugerties, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of West Saugerties, surveyed 1892

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

207 since 1997

Regional 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/undetermined103
Debris and open burning26
Arson/incendiarism20
Smoking16
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony7
Other causes6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersDIBBLES UNATTEND CAMPFIRE
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBUTTERMILK FALLS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Quarryville Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Duffy's PitClayProducer
West Saugerties Clay PitClayProducer
West Saugerties Clay PitClayPast Producer
3/4 Mile N.N.E. Saxton Blue Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
North of Quarryville Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
North of Quarryville Sandstone QyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quarryville Blue Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Sawyer Shale PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Saxton Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary

Every working 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
Blue Mountain1.5 miles29
Manorville2.2 miles32
Centerville2.7 miles29
Quarryville3.3 miles29
Veteran3.6 miles29
Fish Creek4.0 miles29
Saxton4.2 miles27
Katsbaan4.2 miles29

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 SaugertiesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7986434The 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.