Wurtemburg, New York
29 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. It lies near Traver Hill. The Survey maps it on the Rock City quadrangle.
Then and now
1898 to 1993The 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.


On record in Wurtemburg
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 4 records
Marquardt Farmlisted 1987
Pultz Farmhouselisted 1987
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Parsonage and Cemeterylisted 1987
John H. Traver Farmlisted 1987
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 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.
- 1898 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1934 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Rock City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
170 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Wurtemburg between 1997 and 2020, burning about 169 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 39 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 | 76 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
| 25 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 1 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wurtemburg: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Morris Bank | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wurtemburg in 4 storm reports between 2018 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wurtemburg | - | Trees and wires were reported down. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wurtemburg | - | Trees and wires were reported down. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wurtemburg | - | A tree was downed on wires along the southbound lane of Route 9G at Slate Quarry Road. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Wurtemburg | - | New York Route 9G was closed in the vicinity of Primrose Hill Road due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeWitt Mills | 2.9 miles | 30 | |
| Rhinebeck | 3.2 miles | 31 | |
| Pleasant Plains | 3.3 miles | 29 | |
| Eighmyville | 3.3 miles | 29 | |
| Schultzville | 3.6 miles | 29 | |
| Bulls Head | 4.2 miles | 29 | |
| Clinton Hollow | 4.4 miles | 29 | |
| Weys Corners | 4.5 miles | 31 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973297. 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.











