Cochecton, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Cochecton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12726. It stands on Mitchell Pond Brook. The Survey maps it on the Damascus quadrangle.
Then and now
1920 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1920 against another survey:
On record in Cochecton
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 9 records
Ellery Calkins Houselisted 1992
Cochecton Presbyterian Churchlisted 1992
Cochecton Railroad Stationlisted 2005
Drake-Curtis Houselisted 1993
Old Cochecton Cemeterylisted 1992
Parsonage Road Historic Districtlisted 1992
Valleau Tavernlisted 1992- Page Houselisted 1992
- Reilly's Storelisted 1992
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1920 USGS Damascus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1923 USGS Damascus quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Honesdale quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Damascus quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1968 USGS Damascus quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Honesdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Damascus quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
115 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Cochecton between 1999 and 2020, burning about 128 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 17 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 | 61 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 11 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cochecton: 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 of Delaware Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cochecton in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochecton | $15,000 | Part of the same complex of thunderstorms that produced extensive damage earlier in the afternoon from the Binghamton area westward reintensified to severe levels early in the evening across Sullivan county as several cell mergers took place. Trees and wires were downed in the Cohecton area around 620 pm EDT and in the Jeffersonville area about 640 pm. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochecton | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and wires. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochecton | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochecton | $3,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires down on Route 114. |
| September 2011 | Flood | Cochecton | - | A mudslide was reported on Route 116. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Cochecton | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Cochecton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Cochecton | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Lake Huntington | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Callicoon | 4.2 miles | 25 | |
| Hortonville | 4.3 miles | 25 | |
| Falls Mills | 4.5 miles | 23 | |
| Fosterdale | 4.7 miles | 23 | |
| Cochecton Center | 5.4 miles | 23 | |
| Lower Beechwood | 5.5 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946985. 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.











