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Photograph of Johannes Decker Farm
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Johannes Decker Farm

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.

From the record

“Johannes Decker Farm is a historic farm complex and national historic district located at Gardiner in Ulster County, New York. The district includes three contributing buildings and one contributing structure.”

Wikipedia article Johannes Decker Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 209 National Register listings published here for Ulster County · listed in 1974 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Listed as. Decker, Johannes, Farm - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. SW of Gardiner on Red Mill Rd. and Shawangunk Kill, Gardiner, 12589
  • When was it listed? March 1974
  • Category. district
  • Town. Shawangunk town
  • National Register reference number. 74001312 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

96 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Johannes Decker Farm between 1995 and 2020, burning about 127 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined49
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Smoking3
Other causes2
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
26 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Johannes Decker Farm: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Geiger Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Geiger Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this property

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gardiner, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2013: 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2001Thunderstorm WindGardiner$65,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindGardiner$15,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindGardiner$10,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindGardiner$8,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGardiner$5,000no account filed
August 2013Flash FloodGardiner-A road in Gardiner was closed as a result of flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindGardiner-Trees down

Every storm recorded in Ulster County

Maps showing this location

11 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Bruynswick School No. 81.2 miles2000
Reformed Church of Shawangunk Complex1.3 miles1982
Dill Farm1.5 miles1983
Terwilliger House1.5 miles1983
William Decker House1.6 miles1983
Brykill1.8 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 74001312 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Ulster CountyAll 209 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • 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.