Bearsville, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Woodstock town. It lies in ZIP code area 12409. It lies near Snake Rocks. The Survey maps it on the Bearsville quadrangle. 700 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 600 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1892 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1892 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 29 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.
- 1892 USGS Kaaterskill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1893 USGS Kaaterskill quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Kaaterskill quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Kaaterskill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Kaaterskill quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1945 USGS Bearsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Bearsville 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
- 1997 USGS Bearsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
192 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Bearsville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 168 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 16 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 | 90 |
| Smoking | 26 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 28 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 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 |
| 21 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
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 Bearsville: 1 past producer, 1 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 | |
| Marbletown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bearsville in 1 storm report in 1993: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bearsville | $500 | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byrdcliffe | 0.9 miles | 29 | |
| Shady | 1.8 miles | 29 | |
| Montoma | 1.8 miles | 29 | |
| Woodstock | 2.0 miles | 29 | |
| Wittenberg | 2.4 miles | 29 | |
| Lake Hill | 2.5 miles | 29 | |
| Glenford | 3.0 miles | 29 | |
| Daisy | 3.7 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 Bearsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4876785 | 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 943336. 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.












