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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.

Centerville within Ulster County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

The 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 sheet of Centerville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Centerville, surveyed 1892

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

259 since 1997

Regional 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/undetermined134
Arson/incendiarism30
Debris and open burning22
Smoking19
Equipment and vehicle use17
Natural13
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Other causes5
Fireworks4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
2 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mt. MarionBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Quarryville Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Saugerties Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Saugerties Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
West Camp Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Duffy's PitClayProducer
Glasco Clay PitClayProducer
Glasco Clay PitClayPast Producer
Malden On Hudson Clay PitClayProducer
Malden On Hudson Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

9 since 2004

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2023FloodCenterville$15,000Water 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 2022HailCenterville-Half dollar size hail was reported by a trained spotter in Ulster County.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCenterville-Trees were downed at the intersection of Fish Creek and Patch Roads, and also on Route 9W.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindCenterville-A tree and wires were downed on Route 212 at Pine Lane blocking both lanes.
May 2018Tornado (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 2016Thunderstorm WindCenterville-A tree and wires were reported down in the town of Saugerties due to thunderstorm winds.
September 2015FloodCenterville-New York State Route 212 at the intersection of George Sickle Road in the town of Saugerties was closed due to flooding.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindCenterville-Trees and wires down.
May 2018HailCenterville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ulster 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
Veteran1.0 miles29
Fish Creek1.5 miles29
Blue Mountain1.7 miles29
West Saugerties2.7 miles29
High Woods2.8 miles29
Quarryville2.8 miles29
Katsbaan3.0 miles29
Saugerties3.2 miles29

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.