Coldenham, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Montgomery town. It lies in ZIP code area 12549. The Survey maps it on the Walden quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1986The 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.


On record in Coldenham
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Colden Family Cemeterylisted 2005 · 0.5 miles away
Brown Farmsteadlisted 2005 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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.
- 1903 USGS Newburg quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1903 USGS Newburgh quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Walden quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Walden quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Newburgh quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Walden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
418 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 418 fires within 5 miles of Coldenham between 1993 and 2020, burning about 308 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 43 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 | 250 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Smoking | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coldenham in 3 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Coldenham | $1,000 | Tree reported down on Maywood Road. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Coldenham | - | Quarter size hail was reported at the Coldenham Fire Department. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coldenham | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berea | 1.4 miles | 25 | |
| East Walden | 2.3 miles | 25 | |
| East Coldenham | 2.4 miles | 26 | |
| Scotts Corner | 2.5 miles | 25 | |
| Saint Andrew | 3.0 miles | 25 | |
| Orange Lake | 3.1 miles | 26 | |
| Walden | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| Morrison Heights | 3.1 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947092. 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.
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.











