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.
Then and now
1903 to 1989The 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 sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 24 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.
- 1903 USGS Luzerne quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Lake Luzerne quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Warrensburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
124 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Smoking | 1.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | HIGH STREET FIRE |
| 22 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | STONY CREEK RD |
| 2 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Mine | Garnet | Past Producer | 1892, 1897 | |
| Toney Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Iron | Occurrence | 1922 | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Granite | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Carlton W. Blank Property Deposit | Asbestos | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Asbestos | Past Producer | 1875, 1911 | |
| Verd-Antique Marble Co Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | 1850, 1882 | |
| Mammoth Cave Prospect | Graphite | Occurrence | 1925, 1975 | |
| Mammoth Cave Prospect | Graphite | Prospect |
Storms near this place
12 since 2011Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2023 | Flood | Athol | $50,000 | River Road just north of Warrensburg was flooded and a portion of the pavement was washed away. |
| March 2026 | Flood | Athol | $5,000 | Warren 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 2023 | Flood | Athol | $5,000 | Bowen Hill Road in Thurman was closed due to flooding. |
| March 2026 | Flood | Athol | $3,500 | Warren 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 2023 | Flood | Athol | $2,000 | Water was reported over portions of High Street in Thurman. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Athol | $1,000 | Emergency management reported flooding of River Road in the vicinity of Snack Rock on the Hudson River. |
| February 2022 | Flood | Athol | - | An ice jam led to flooding on Route 418 (River Street) between Hickory Hill Road and River Road in the Town of Thurman. |
| January 2018 | Flood | Athol | - | 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Athol | - | Trees and wires were reported down in the town of Thurman due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Athol | - | A tree was reported down on High Street near Athol due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Athol | - | Flash flooding reported at Glen Athol Road and Valley Road in Warrensburg with part of the road washed away. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Athol | - | Half dollar size hail was reported at the Daggett Lake Campsites in Warrensburg during a thunderstorm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warrensburg | 3.5 miles | 24 | |
| Thurman | 4.8 miles | 27 | |
| Big Hollow | 6.2 miles | 24 | |
| The Glen | 6.4 miles | 25 | |
| Stony Creek | 6.6 miles | 23 | |
| Lake George | 8.3 miles | 29 | |
| Darrowsville | 8.3 miles | 25 | |
| Diamond Point | 8.3 miles | 29 |
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 Athol | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q130449006 | 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 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.








