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.
Then and now
1901 to 1997The 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.


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.
Fitch Bluestone Company Officelisted 2016 · 0.1 miles away- AME Zion Church of Kingston and Mt. Zion Cemeterylisted 2021 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 30 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.
- 1901 USGS Rosendale quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Rosendale quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1942 USGS Kingston West quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Kingston West quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Kingston West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Kingston West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Kingston West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
434 since 1997Regional 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/undetermined | 225 |
| Smoking | 103 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 4 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddyville | Bloating Material | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kingston Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kingston Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Dwyer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dwyer Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| H. Franco and Son Sand and Stone Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Colite Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Colite Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Eddyville Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hudson Stone Quarry & Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connelly | 0.7 miles | 31 | |
| New Salem | 1.2 miles | 30 | |
| Kingston | 1.2 miles | 31 | |
| Rondout | 1.3 miles | 31 | |
| Port Ewen | 1.5 miles | 31 | |
| Eddyville | 1.6 miles | 30 | |
| Sleightsburg | 1.6 miles | 31 | |
| Wiltwyck Gardens | 1.7 miles | 30 |
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.












