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Athol, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Thurman town. It lies in ZIP code area 12810. It lies near Sugarloaf Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Warrensburg quadrangle. It stands 787 feet above sea level.

Athol within Warren County

Then and now

1903 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Athol, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Athol, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Athol between 1992 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined43
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2015Smoking1.9 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHIGH STREET FIRE
22 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNew York Forest RangersSTONY CREEK RD
2 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Athol: 6 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Graphite, Asbestos, Marble, Dimension, Iron. 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
Parker MineGarnetPast Producer1892, 1897
Toney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed OccurrenceIronOccurrence1922
Unnamed OccurrenceGranitePast ProducerMetamorphic
Carlton W. Blank Property DepositAsbestosPast Producer
Unnamed MineMarble, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
Unnamed OccurrenceAsbestosPast Producer1875, 1911
Verd-Antique Marble Co QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer1850, 1882
Mammoth Cave ProspectGraphiteOccurrence1925, 1975
Mammoth Cave ProspectGraphiteProspect

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

12 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Athol in 12 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 8 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 2023FloodAthol$50,000River Road just north of Warrensburg was flooded and a portion of the pavement was washed away.
March 2026FloodAthol$5,000Warren County Emergency Managers, with the help of local broadcast media partners, reported that at 10 A.M. on Thursday, March 12th, an ice jam that had accumulated near the Route 28 Bridge at The Glen in Johnsburg, NY broke free and rapidly flowed downstream. Large chunks of ice were swiftly carried downstream towards the towns of Thurman and Warrensburg. In the town of Warrensburg, Cronin's Golf Course, which lies right along the Hudson River, became inundated with water and some pieces of ice. Areal drone images from a local news outlet showed what appears to be the entire golf course covered in water and ice with significant ice cover on the river next to it.
December 2023FloodAthol$5,000Bowen Hill Road in Thurman was closed due to flooding.
March 2026FloodAthol$3,500Warren County Emergency Managers, with the help of local broadcast media partners, reported that at 10 A.M. on Thursday, March 12th, an ice jam that had accumulated near the Route 28 Bridge at The Glen in Johnsburg, NY broke free and rapidly flowed downstream. Large chunks of ice were swiftly carried downstream towards the towns of Thurman and Warrensburg. In the town of Thurman, portions of River Road became inundated, specifically near The Glen Bridge, by both rapidly flowing water and large pieces of ice which lead to the closure of the road for several days.
December 2023FloodAthol$2,000Water was reported over portions of High Street in Thurman.
February 2018FloodAthol$1,000Emergency management reported flooding of River Road in the vicinity of Snack Rock on the Hudson River.
February 2022FloodAthol-An ice jam led to flooding on Route 418 (River Street) between Hickory Hill Road and River Road in the Town of Thurman.
January 2018FloodAthol-River Road near Snake Rock in the Town of Thurman was closed due to ice jam flooding. There was four inches of water flowing across the road.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindAthol-Trees and wires were reported down in the town of Thurman due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindAthol-A tree was reported down on High Street near Athol due to strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2011Flash FloodAthol-Flash flooding reported at Glen Athol Road and Valley Road in Warrensburg with part of the road washed away.
May 2011HailAthol-Half dollar size hail was reported at the Daggett Lake Campsites in Warrensburg during a thunderstorm.

Every storm recorded in Warren 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
Warrensburg3.5 miles24
Thurman4.8 miles27
Big Hollow6.2 miles24
The Glen6.4 miles25
Stony Creek6.6 miles23
Lake George8.3 miles29
Darrowsville8.3 miles25
Diamond Point8.3 miles29

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 AtholAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q130449006The 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 972181. 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.