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Wilbur, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Kingston City. It lies in ZIP code area 12401. It stands on Twaalfskill Brook. The Survey maps it on the Kingston West quadrangle.

Wilbur 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 Wilbur, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Wilbur, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

On record in Wilbur

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 2 records

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

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

434 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 434 fires within 5 miles of Wilbur between 1997 and 2020, burning about 405 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 32 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/undetermined225
Smoking103
Arson/incendiarism32
Debris and open burning29
Natural20
Equipment and vehicle use15
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony3
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
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
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
26 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Smokingunder 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

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Wilbur: 9 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
EddyvilleBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Kingston QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Kingston QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
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
Colite PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Colite PitClayPast Producer
Eddyville Clay PitClayPast Producer
Hudson Stone Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Connelly0.7 miles31
New Salem1.2 miles30
Kingston1.2 miles31
Rondout1.3 miles31
Port Ewen1.5 miles31
Eddyville1.6 miles30
Sleightsburg1.6 miles31
Wiltwyck Gardens1.7 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971233. 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.