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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.

Ashokan within Ulster County

Then and now

1901 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Ashokan, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Ashokan, surveyed 1901

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

169 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined82
Arson/incendiarism32
Smoking14
Debris and open burning12
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
12 September 2002Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
12 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Marbletown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Olive BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2021Thunderstorm WindAshokan$1,000A tree was downed on Brown Station Road in the Town of Olive.
June 2023HailAshokan-Estimated 1 inch hail fell near Ashokan.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindAshokan-Trees and wires were down in the Shokan area.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindAshokan-Trees and wires were downed 1 mile north of Ashokan due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAshokan-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.

Every storm recorded in Ulster County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Shokan0.8 miles28
Wittenberg3.4 miles29
Olivebridge3.4 miles28
Pacama3.5 miles28
Brodhead3.9 miles26
Davis Corners4.0 miles28
Glenford4.2 miles29
Boiceville4.2 miles24

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.