Cornwall Landing, New York
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cornwall town. It lies in ZIP code area 12520. It lies near Storm King Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cornwall-on-Hudson quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1902 against another survey:
On record in Cornwall Landing
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 7 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Union Chapellisted 2012 · 0.1 miles away
Lower Dock Hill Road Stone Arch Bridgelisted 2010 · 0.2 miles away
River View Houselisted 1982 · 0.2 miles away
Dock Hill Road Extension Stone Arch Bridgelisted 2010 · 0.3 miles away
Camp Olmstedlisted 1982 · 0.4 miles away
Storm King Highwaylisted 1982 · 0.4 miles away
Adams-Chadeayne-Taft Estatelisted 2013 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 35 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.
- 1902 USGS Schunemunk quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1930 USGS Schunemunk quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Schunemunk quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1935 USGS Schunemunk quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Cornwall quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Cornwall quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Cornwall-on-Hudson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
532 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 532 fires within 5 miles of Cornwall Landing between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,225 acres in total. 41 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/undetermined | 333 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Natural | 41 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 36 |
| Smoking | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Cornwall Landing: 20 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Iron, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bog Meadow Pond Deposit | Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| Constitution Island Occurrence | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Graphite Mine No. Hk-019 | Graphite | Past Producer | Graphite | |
| Graphite Mine No. Hk-019 | Graphite | Past Producer | ||
| Serpentine Marble Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Serpentine Marble Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Chateaugay Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1871 | |
| Clay Pit No. Hk-020 | Clay | Past Producer | Clay | |
| Clay Pit No. Hk-020 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pits No. Hk-018 | Clay | Past Producer | Clay |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall-on-Hudson | 0.8 miles | 35 | |
| Butter Hill Estates | 2.3 miles | 35 | |
| Firthcliffe | 2.4 miles | 35 | |
| New Windsor | 2.6 miles | 35 | |
| Firthcliffe Heights | 3.0 miles | 35 | |
| Orrs Mill | 3.1 miles | 35 | |
| Vails Gate | 3.1 miles | 35 | |
| Windsor Crest | 3.2 miles | 35 |
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 Q122569385 | The 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 970037. 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.












