Ashokan, New York
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Olive town. It lies in ZIP code area 12481. The Survey maps it on the Ashokan 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 Ashokan
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.
Olive and Hurley Old School Baptist Churchlisted 1998 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 28 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 Rosendale quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Rosendale quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1942 USGS Ashokan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Ashokan quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Ashokan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
169 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Ashokan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 268 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 32 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 | 82 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | 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 Ashokan: 1 producer, 1 past 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marbletown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Olive Bank | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashokan in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashokan | $1,000 | A tree was downed on Brown Station Road in the Town of Olive. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Ashokan | - | Estimated 1 inch hail fell near Ashokan. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashokan | - | Trees and wires were down in the Shokan area. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashokan | - | Trees and wires were downed 1 mile north of Ashokan due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashokan | - | Trees and wires were reported down along a 5 mile stretch of Route 28 near Ashokan due to strong thunderstorm winds.||A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team confirmed that straight line winds from a thunderstorm produced damage in the vicinity of the Ashokan Reservoir, which toppled trees up to 1.5 feet in diameter.||Estimated peak winds were between 65 and 75 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shokan | 0.8 miles | 28 | |
| Wittenberg | 3.4 miles | 29 | |
| Olivebridge | 3.4 miles | 28 | |
| Pacama | 3.5 miles | 28 | |
| Brodhead | 3.9 miles | 26 | |
| Davis Corners | 4.0 miles | 28 | |
| Glenford | 4.2 miles | 29 | |
| Boiceville | 4.2 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942639. 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.










