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Wittenberg, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Woodstock town. It lies in ZIP code area 12409. It lies near Acorn Hill. The Survey maps it on the Bearsville quadrangle.

Wittenberg within Ulster County

Then and now

1892 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wittenberg, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Wittenberg, surveyed 1892

Compare 1892 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

175 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Wittenberg between 1993 and 2020, burning about 153 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined87
Smoking25
Arson/incendiarism16
Debris and open burning13
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
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
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
25 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2017Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wittenberg: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Olive BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wittenberg in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2014: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWittenberg-Trees were reported down in Wittenberg due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindWittenberg-A tree was reported down on Wittenberg Road, located approximately 1 mile west of Woodstock, due to strong thunderstorm winds.

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
Bearsville2.4 miles29
Lake Hill2.9 miles29
Byrdcliffe3.2 miles29
Montoma3.4 miles29
Ashokan3.4 miles28
Shady3.4 miles29
Shokan3.7 miles28
Willow3.9 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971529. 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.