Ashland, New York
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ashland town. It lies in ZIP code area 12496. It lies near Sutton Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Ashland quadrangle.
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 Ashland
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
North Settlement Methodist Churchlisted 1996
Elijah Strong Houselisted 2003
Trinity Episcopal Churchlisted 1996
West Settlement Methodist Churchlisted 1996
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.
- 1901 USGS Gilboa quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Gilboa quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1945 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Ashland 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
84 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Ashland between 1999 and 2020, burning about 155 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 5 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 | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2020 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 14 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashland in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2014: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | A tree was reported down and on a house 1 mile northwest of Ashland due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Ashland as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | A tree limb was reported down on wires and burning on Sutton Hollow Road in Ashland due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Ashland | - | Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Ashland. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Ashland | - | Penny size hail was reported in Ashland during a thunderstorm.||The large hail damaged tree fruits, berries and vegetables near Ashland, and across other areas within Greene County. Total preliminary crop damage estimates from the hail in Greene County were approximately $169 thousand. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Trees down on road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Settlement | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| West Jewett | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Jewett | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Red Falls | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| North Settlement | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| North Lexington | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Windham | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Mosquito Point | 4.6 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942632. 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.
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.








