Cherrytown, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Rochester town. It lies in ZIP code area 12446. It stands on Sapbush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kerhonkson quadrangle.

Cherrytown within Ulster County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cherrytown, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Cherrytown, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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.

1903 USGS Slide Mountain quadrangle1:62500
1905 USGS Slide Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
1942 USGS Kerhonkson quadrangle1:24000
1943 USGS Kerhonkson 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
1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1969 USGS Kerhonkson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

214 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Cherrytown between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,310 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 29 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	136
Arson/incendiarism	29
Natural	17
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Debris and open burning	9
Recreation and ceremony	6
Smoking	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Fireworks	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 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
6 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
5 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
4 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	6.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
3 September 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
24 September 2013	Debris and open burning	1.2 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
17 September 2016	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
16 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cherrytown: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
	Town Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Mombaccus	1.2 miles	23
Fantinekill	2.1 miles	23
Tabasco	2.2 miles	23
Potterville	2.6 miles	24
Pataukunk	2.6 miles	23
Brownville	3.2 miles	24
Riggsville	3.3 miles	23
Liebhardt	3.5 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972317. 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.