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Cokertown, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Red Hook town. It lies in ZIP code area 12571. It lies near Turkey Hill. The Survey maps it on the Clermont quadrangle.

Cokertown within Dutchess County

Then and now

1895 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cokertown, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Cokertown, surveyed 1895

On record in Cokertown

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

178 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Cokertown between 1999 and 2019, burning about 276 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 44 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/undetermined75
Arson/incendiarism44
Debris and open burning30
Natural18
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2010Natural2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Cokertown: 6 producers, 4 past producers. 6 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Archer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Denter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Elizaville Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Red Hook Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Rock City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rock City Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Roe-Jan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Route 199 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Route 199 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Route 199 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cokertown in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCokertown-Report of a tree and wires down across Turkey Hill Road.
August 2018Heavy RainCokertown-Strong storm resulted in 2.12 inches of rainfall in a 30 minute period.

Every storm recorded in Dutchess 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
Fraleighs1.3 miles27
Upper Red Hook1.4 miles27
Kerleys Corners2.2 miles27
Red Hook Mills2.7 miles27
Linden Acres3.1 miles29
College Park3.2 miles29
Red Hook3.3 miles31
Rock City3.4 miles29

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122557804The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947014. 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.