Glenford, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Hurley town. It lies in ZIP code area 12491. It lies near Ohayo Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Bearsville quadrangle. It stands 659 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1892 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1892 against another survey:
On record in Glenford
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Maverick Concert Halllisted 1999 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 29 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.
- 1892 USGS Kaaterskill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1893 USGS Kaaterskill quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Kaaterskill quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Kaaterskill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Kaaterskill quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1945 USGS Bearsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Bearsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pepacton Reservoir quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Bearsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
255 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Glenford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 342 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 39 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 | 120 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Smoking | 25 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 3 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | NICHOLSON FIRE |
| 25 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Glenford: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hollow Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stony Hollow Quarry and Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Marbletown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Marbletown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glenford in 4 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Hail | Glenford | - | Estimated 1 inch hail fell near West Hurley. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenford | - | Trees were downed onto wires near Route 28 and Route 375 in the hamlet of West Hurley. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenford | - | Route 375 was closed due to a downed tree. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenford | - | Trees and limbs were downed along Route 28 between West Hurley and Shokan. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Hurley | 1.2 miles | 30 | |
| Montoma | 1.3 miles | 29 | |
| Woodstock | 2.7 miles | 29 | |
| Zena | 2.8 miles | 29 | |
| Bearsville | 3.0 miles | 29 | |
| Stony Hollow | 3.2 miles | 30 | |
| Morgan Hill | 3.3 miles | 30 | |
| Byrdcliffe | 3.6 miles | 29 |
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 Glenford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q39050531 | 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 951213. 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.












