Bruceville, New York
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Rosendale town. It lies in ZIP code area 12440. It stands on Cottekill Brook. The Survey maps it on the Rosendale 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 Bruceville
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
High Falls Historic Districtlisted 1998 · 0.4 miles away
Lock Tender's House and Canal Store Ruinlisted 1998 · 0.7 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 Rosendale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Rosendale 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 Rosendale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
153 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Bruceville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 160 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 12 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 | 73 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 15 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.4 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 3 August 2002 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 August 2020 | Natural | 5.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | CRAGSWOOD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bruceville: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Abrasive. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Productions/ Clifton, N.J. | Abrasive | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bruceville in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruceville | - | A tree was downed on New York Route 213 going eastbound at Mountain Road near High Falls. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruceville | - | A tree was downed onto wires in the hamlet of High Falls. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruceville | - | A tree was reported down at 26 Fairview Avenue. |
| September 2011 | Flood | Bruceville | - | Route 213 between Creek Locks Road and Mountain Road was closed due to flooding in Rosendale in the the Town of Ulster. |
| September 2011 | Flood | Bruceville | - | Moderate flooding occurred on the Espous downstream from the Ashokan Reservoir. The Mount Marion river gage located on left bank at downstream side of bridge on Glasco Turnpike, 0.8 miles east of Mount Marion, and 1.6 miles downstream from Plattekill Creek exceeded its 20 foot flood stage at 6:35 am EST September 7th, its 22 foot moderate flood stage at 3:21 am September 8th, it crested at 23.53 feet at 11 am September 8th (major flood stage is 24 feet), and dropped below flood stage at 5:45 am September 10th.|The Ashokan Reservoir East gage exceeded its 589 foot flood stage at 12:50 pm September 7th, it crested at 589.56 feet at 3:10 pm September 8th, and dropped below flood stage at 8:59 am September 9th. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Falls | 0.4 miles | 27 | |
| Lawrenceville | 1.2 miles | 28 | |
| Cottekill | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Stone Ridge | 1.8 miles | 27 | |
| Rosendale | 2.3 miles | 28 | |
| Binnewater | 2.6 miles | 28 | |
| Tillson | 2.8 miles | 28 | |
| Kallops Corners | 3.4 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944968. 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.










