Arkville, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Middletown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12406. It stands on Bush Kill. The Survey maps it on the Fleischmanns quadrangle. It stands 1,365 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1901 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Arkville
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 1 record
- Pakatakan Artists Colony Historic Districtlisted 1989
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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 Margaretville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Margaretville quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1945 USGS Fleischmanns quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1946 USGS Fleischmanns 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
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Arkville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 82 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 4 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 23 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 14 July 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 8 June 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Arkville: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arkville in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Arkville | $5,000,000 | Approximately 100 homes and businesses were flooded by a wall of water flowing down the East Branch of the Delaware River. Numerous roads and bridges were severely flooded. Mass evacuations took place before the flood occurred. Some people did not evacuate and were rescued by helicopter. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arkville | $20,000 | Utility poles were blown down. A garage was destroyed when a tree was blown down onto power lines along the road, starting a fire. The garage was used for storage, and the fire destroyed a car, brand new appliances, garden tractors, tires, and other items. |
| January 2018 | Flood | Arkville | - | An ice jam was causing minor, low land flooding along the East Branch Delaware river between Kelly Corners and Margaretville. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Arkville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaretville | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Kelly Corners | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Clovesville | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Hanley Corner | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Dunraven | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Halcottsville | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Fleischmanns | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Bedell | 4.9 miles | 20 |
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 Arkville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4792060 | 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 942556. 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.








