Hortonville, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Delaware town. It lies in ZIP code area 12723. It stands on East Branch Callicoon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Callicoon quadrangle. 180 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 804 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1920 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1920 against another survey:
On record in Hortonville
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
13 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.
- 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 Callicoon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Honesdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Callicoon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
109 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Hortonville between 1999 and 2020, burning about 93 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 7 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 | 71 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hortonville: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Delaware Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fosterdale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Fosterdale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hortonville in 6 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hortonville | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees in Hortonville and nearby North Branch. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hortonville | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and wires. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hortonville | $10,000 | A few trees were blown down in the Town of Delaware. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hortonville | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees down onto the roadway. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Hortonville | $5,000 | Numerous roads reported flooded in the area. Water rescues were underway. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hortonville | $500 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a propane tank. Unknown if tank was damaged. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callicoon | 1.4 miles | 25 | |
| Upper Beechwood | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Lower Beechwood | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Falls Mills | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| East Cochecton | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| North Branch | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 4.3 miles | 25 | |
| Cochecton | 4.3 miles | 22 |
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 Hortonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5902400 | 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 953262. 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.













