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Hurleyville, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fallsburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12747. The Survey maps it on the Monticello quadrangle.

Hurleyville within Sullivan County

Then and now

1909 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hurleyville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Hurleyville, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

178 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Hurleyville between 1998 and 2020, burning about 202 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined68
Smoking26
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning15
Natural13
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Equipment and vehicle use10
Other causes8
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
26 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2014Smoking1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2012Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2002Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
10 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2012Natural4.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sullivan County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hurleyville: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Maston Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maston Lake PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Monticello Black Top PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sullivan County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hurleyville in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHurleyville$10,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines at Mitteer Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHurleyville$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires on Discovery Ridge Road.
September 2021Flash FloodHurleyville$3,000Water was gushing across Whittaker Road near the intersection with Levine Road.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindHurleyville$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on roadway.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHurleyville$1,000Two large tents were blown over and limbs on several trees were broken at Lochmor Golf Course.
June 2008HailHurleyville-no account filed
June 2008HailHurleyville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sullivan County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
South Fallsburg2.4 miles25
Loch Sheldrake2.5 miles22
Harris3.1 miles25
Kiamesha Lake3.7 miles25
Divine Corners3.8 miles22
Fallsburg3.9 miles24
Bushville4.1 miles25
Ferndale4.3 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953521. 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.