Acra, New York
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cairo town. It lies in ZIP code area 12405. The Survey maps it on the Freehold quadrangle. It stands 653 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1893 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Acra
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Susquehannah Turnpikelisted 1974 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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.
- 1893 USGS Durham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Durham quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1943 USGS Freehold quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Freehold quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pepacton Reservoir quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
186 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Acra between 1992 and 2020, burning about 268 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 18 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 | 96 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 9 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Acra: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batchellerville Garnet Pit | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Cairo Blue Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cairo Blue Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| George Guidone Property Deposit | Mica | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Acra in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 2 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Flood | Acra | $20,000 | Several roads were closed due to flooding across Cairo, Leeds, Jefferson Heights and Catskill. One water rescue was performed in Catskill as a person was trapped in their car which was surrounded by floodwaters. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Acra | - | Golf ball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Acra. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Acra | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodstock | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Sunside | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| South Durham | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Cairo | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| Purling | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Round Top | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Freehold | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Durso Corner | 4.2 miles | 23 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Acra | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q38249792 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942155. 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.








