Centerville, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Saugerties town. It lies in ZIP code area 12477. The Survey maps it on the Woodstock quadrangle.
Then and now
1892 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 94 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
12 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 Woodstock quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1946 USGS Plattekill 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
Fires near this place
259 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of Centerville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 229 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 30 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 | 134 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 2 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Centerville: 18 producers, 12 past producers. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Limestone, General, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Marion | Bloating Material | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Quarryville Blue Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Saugerties Blue Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Saugerties Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| West Camp Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Duffy's Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Glasco Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Glasco Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Malden On Hudson Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Malden On Hudson Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centerville in 9 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 | Centerville | $15,000 | Water flowed over portions of Route 212 near Pine Lane. Old Route 212 was also closed due to flooding between Blue Mountain Road and Fish Creek Road. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Centerville | - | Half dollar size hail was reported by a trained spotter in Ulster County. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | - | Trees were downed at the intersection of Fish Creek and Patch Roads, and also on Route 9W. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | - | A tree and wires were downed on Route 212 at Pine Lane blocking both lanes. |
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Centerville | - | The tornado path started along Route 212 between Woodstock and Saugerties and moved east through the western and southern part of Saugerties before crossing the Hudson River and ending in Tivoli, just south of the Clermont State Historic Site.||The majority of the tornado damage was rated EF-0, but isolated EF-1 damage was noted. Most of the damage was indirect, from trees falling on homes, other structures, and power lines. Downed trees blocked the southbound exit ramp from the New York State Thruway at the Saugerties exit. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | - | A tree and wires were reported down in the town of Saugerties due to thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2015 | Flood | Centerville | - | New York State Route 212 at the intersection of George Sickle Road in the town of Saugerties was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | - | Trees and wires down. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Centerville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veteran | 1.0 miles | 29 | |
| Fish Creek | 1.5 miles | 29 | |
| Blue Mountain | 1.7 miles | 29 | |
| West Saugerties | 2.7 miles | 29 | |
| High Woods | 2.8 miles | 29 | |
| Quarryville | 2.8 miles | 29 | |
| Katsbaan | 3.0 miles | 29 | |
| Saugerties | 3.2 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946216. 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.











