Denning, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Denning town. It lies in ZIP code area 12725. It stands on Erts Brook. The Survey maps it on the Peekamoose Mountain quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
On record in Denning
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 1 record
Red Hill Fire Observation Stationlisted 2001
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 Slide Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Slide Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1943 USGS Peekamoose Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Peekamoose Mountain quadrangle1:31680
- 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
- 1969 USGS Peekamoose Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Peekamoose Mtn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
21 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Denning between 1999 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 21 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 May 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 4 May 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.8 acres | New York Forest Rangers | PEEKAMOOSE FIRE |
| 27 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Denning in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2018: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 2000 | Flash Flood | Denning | $6,000,000 | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Denning | - | Total 24 hour rainfall reports ranged from 0.6 inches to 3.14 inches in Ulster county. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Denning | - | Few roads washed out. |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denning | - | Trees and wires down in hamlet of Hardenburg. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladleton | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Frost Valley | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Branch | 3.2 miles | 25 | |
| Bull Run | 3.4 miles | 25 | |
| Sundown | 4.6 miles | 25 | |
| Peekamoose | 6.0 miles | 25 | |
| Greenville | 6.8 miles | 25 | |
| Oliverea | 8.0 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972375. 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.











