Forest Glen, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Gardiner town. It lies in ZIP code area 12561. The Survey maps it on the Gardiner 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 Forest Glen
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.
Abraham and Maria LeFevre Houselisted 2006 · 0.4 miles away
John A. Lafevre House and Schoollisted 1989 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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
- 1943 USGS Gardiner quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Newburgh quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Gardiner quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
242 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 242 fires within 5 miles of Forest Glen between 1995 and 2020, burning about 267 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 31 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 | 119 |
| Smoking | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Other causes | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.4 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forest Glen in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 3 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Glen | - | Wires were reported down on Jenkinstown Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Glen | - | A tree was down on the road near Route 32 and DuBois Road. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Glen | - | Trees and wires were downed on Phillies Bridge Road in Gardiner due to thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Libertyville | 1.3 miles | 25 | |
| Jenkinstown | 1.5 miles | 25 | |
| Wallkill Camp | 2.0 miles | 25 | |
| Ireland Corners | 2.0 miles | 25 | |
| Gardiner | 2.0 miles | 25 | |
| Tuthill | 2.1 miles | 25 | |
| Tuthilltown | 2.8 miles | 25 | |
| Modena | 2.8 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972490. 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.










