Harlemville, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hillsdale town. It lies in ZIP code area 12075. The Survey maps it on the Chatham 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 Harlemville
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
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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 Kinderhook quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1933 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Chatham quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
132 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Harlemville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 166 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 14 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 | 57 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 18 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 28 July 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Harlemville: 7 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philmont Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Philmont Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Haight Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Haight Limonte Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Haight Mine/Goodsell Bog Mn Occurrence | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Hillsdale Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Goodsell Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Goodsell Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Palmer Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Palmer Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harlemville in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Heavy Rain | Harlemville | - | A trained spotter in the Town of Hillsdale reported 3.2 inches of rain as of 0935 AM EST. This spotter also reported that culverts are flooded and that debris and sediment is causing minor flooding on Pheasant Lane. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harlemville | - | Tree was downed on Rigor Hill Road near Pratt Hill Road. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Harlemville | - | Flash flooding from thunderstorm heavy rain was reported in the town of Hillsdale. A portion of Harlemville Road, off County Route 21, was washed out due to the flood waters. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulvers | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Philmont | 3.5 miles | 23 | |
| Mellenville | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Ghent | 4.2 miles | 23 | |
| Spencertown | 4.5 miles | 23 | |
| Martindale | 4.8 miles | 23 | |
| Arnolds Mill | 4.9 miles | 23 | |
| North Hillsdale | 5.2 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122595917 | 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 952238. 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.









