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Weys Corners, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Rhinebeck town. It lies in ZIP code area 12572. The Survey maps it on the Kingston East quadrangle.

Weys Corners within Dutchess 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 Weys Corners, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Weys Corners, surveyed 1898

On record in Weys Corners

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 within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 31 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

299 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 299 fires within 5 miles of Weys Corners between 1997 and 2020, burning about 328 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 54 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/undetermined109
Arson/incendiarism54
Smoking54
Debris and open burning33
Natural22
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
4 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2010Missing 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 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Weys Corners: 8 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Kingston QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Hudson Stone Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kingston MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kingston Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Colite PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Colite PitClayPast Producer
Jova Manufacturing Corp Clay MineClayProducer
Tova Manufacturing Corp. Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Archer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Denter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Lamplight Court1.2 miles31
Eighmyville2.1 miles29
Rhinebeck2.4 miles31
Red Hook2.7 miles31
Barrytown3.2 miles31
Red Hook Mills3.8 miles27
Linden Acres3.8 miles29
Annandale-on-Hudson3.9 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.

Wikidata item Q122557738The 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 970964. 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.