Horton, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Colchester town. It lies in ZIP code area 12776. It stands on Horton Brook. The Survey maps it on the Horton quadrangle.
Then and now
1920 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 66 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
13 surveys from 24 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.
- 1920 USGS Long Eddy quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1921 USGS Long Eddy quadrangle1:48000
- 1923 USGS Long Eddy quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Honesdale quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Long Eddy 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 Horton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Horton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Honesdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Horton between 2005 and 2016, burning about 25 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2005 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 May 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 5 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Horton: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Branch Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| East Branch Quarry | Flagstone | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Horton in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horton | 1 killed, 1 hurt, $115,000 | A severe microburst with estimated wind speeds of up to 90 mph, occurred just northwest to north of Cooks Falls, NY near the southeastern edge of Delaware County. There was sporadic damage spread across southern Delaware County from the severe thunderstorm that tracked through the area late in the morning. However, straight-line wind damage was most concentrated in a microburst footprint that encompassed Cooks Hollow and Butternut Grove in the Beaver Kill Valley, and especially up the Russell Brook drainage for at least a mile. The damage pattern diverged from the middle of the path, indicative of a downburst.||This severe microburst impacted two campgrounds with very damaging straight line winds. Many recreational vehicles and camper units, a few tents, and at least two vehicles were heavily damaged and in some cases destroyed by falling trees. Some of the trees or large branches exceeded a foot in diameter. A woman unfortunately perished when a large tree snapped and fell on her site, crushing it. At least one other person was injured with a hit to the head. There was an unknown number of additional |though minor injuries. Eyewitnesses reported that the winds came up suddenly and then lasted at least 5 minutes with one tree after another falling during that period. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horton | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees on Cooks Falls Road. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Horton | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiloway | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| Butternut Grove | 1.8 miles | 22 | |
| Elk Brook | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| Cooks Falls | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Burnwood | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Methol | 3.6 miles | 24 | |
| Long Flat | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Gregorytown | 4.2 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972626. 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.












