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Whiteport, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Rosendale town. It lies in ZIP code area 12401. It lies near Fly Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Kingston West quadrangle.

Whiteport within Ulster County

Then and now

1901 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Whiteport, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Whiteport, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

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

318 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 318 fires within 5 miles of Whiteport between 1997 and 2020, burning about 283 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined188
Smoking39
Debris and open burning28
Arson/incendiarism27
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural13
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Whiteport: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Abrasive, 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
Diamond Productions/ Clifton, N.J.AbrasiveUnknown
EddyvilleBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Eddyville Clay PitClayPast Producer
Kingston QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Kingston QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nytralite AggregatesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dwyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dwyer Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
H. Franco and Son Sand and Stone CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whiteport in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash 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
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWhiteport-A tree was downed on Lucas Avenue Extension and Hinel Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWhiteport-A tree was down on Dewitt Lake Road.
September 2018Flash FloodWhiteport-A portion of Main Street in Bloomington was flooded.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindWhiteport-Trees were downed by strong thunderstorm winds and were blocking the southbound lanes of the New York State Thruway, Interstate 87, near milepost 85.
May 2018HailWhiteport-no account filed
May 2018HailWhiteport-no account filed

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
Hickorybush0.6 miles30
Bloomington0.6 miles30
Creeklocks1.0 miles28
Maple Hill1.1 miles28
Kallops Corners1.7 miles28
Lefever Falls1.7 miles28
Eddyville1.8 miles30
Saint Remy1.8 miles30

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 Q122572437The 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 971156. 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.