Curry, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Neversink town. It lies in ZIP code area 12765. It stands on Scott Brook. The Survey maps it on the Grahamsville quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


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.
- 1910 USGS Neversink quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Neversink quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Neversink 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
- 1966 USGS Grahamsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Grahamsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
95 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Curry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 255 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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 | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 15 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 15 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 29 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Curry in 4 storm reports between 2022 and 2024: 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curry | $3,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires on Myers Road. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curry | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked a tree onto the roadway near the intersection of Claryville and Hunter Roads. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curry | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires onto a roadway. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curry | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto the roadway near the intersection of Carpenter and Mutton Hill Roads. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unionville | 1.0 miles | 22 | |
| Grahamsville | 1.9 miles | 22 | |
| Neversink | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Claryville | 4.2 miles | 23 | |
| Aden | 4.9 miles | 22 | |
| Hasbrouck | 5.0 miles | 22 | |
| Bradley | 5.6 miles | 22 | |
| Willowemoc | 6.4 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947946. 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.











