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Cottekill, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Rosendale town. It lies in ZIP code area 12419. It stands on Cottekill Brook. The Survey maps it on the Rosendale quadrangle. 451 people lived here at the 2014 count. It stands 262 feet above sea level.

Cottekill within Ulster County

Then and now

1901 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cottekill, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Cottekill, surveyed 1901

On record in Cottekill

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

150 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Cottekill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 160 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined72
Smoking21
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
26 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.4 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
3 August 2002Natural2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2020Natural5.0 acresNew York Forest RangersCRAGSWOOD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cottekill: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Abrasive, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bloating Material, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Diamond Productions/ Clifton, N.J.AbrasiveUnknown
EddyvilleBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Eddyville Clay PitClayPast Producer
H. Franco and Son Sand and Stone CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

14 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cottekill in 14 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026Thunderstorm WindCottekill-A local 911 Call Center relayed the report of a tree down across Route 32 in Rosendale, NY.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCottekill-A tree was downed on Sawdust Avenue.
October 2021FloodCottekill-Route 213 in Rosendale was closed between Mountain Road and Creek Locks Road due to flooding.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindCottekill-Trees and wires were downed in the Rosendale area.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindCottekill-Tree and wires were down on Route 32.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindCottekill-There were two reports of trees down in Rosendale.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindCottekill-A tree was downed onto wires at Route 32 and Creek Locks Road.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindCottekill-A tree was downed along with poles and wires, requiring an 8-hour road closure.
July 2014Flash FloodCottekill-Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms led to flash flooding in Rosendale. A portion of State Route 32 was closed between Kallop Road and Washington Avenue in Rosendale due to high water.
July 2013Flash FloodCottekill-The intersection of Route 32 and Washington Avenue in Rosendale was closed as a result of flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
June 2012HailCottekill-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Rosendale.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCottekill-Tree limbs were reported down in Cottekill due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2011HailCottekill-Nickel size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Cottekill.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCottekill-Trees were reported down in and near Rosendale due to strong thunderstorm winds.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lawrenceville0.7 miles28
Binnewater0.9 miles28
Rosendale1.2 miles28
Bruceville1.7 miles28
Kallops Corners1.8 miles28
Stone Ridge2.0 miles27
High Falls2.1 miles27
Marbletown2.3 miles30

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.

Wikipedia article on CottekillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5175571The 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 947519. 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.