Jefferson Heights, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Catskill town. It lies in ZIP code area 12414. It lies near Austin Glen. The Survey maps it on the Cementon quadrangle. 1,122 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 177 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1895 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Jefferson Heights
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
District School No. 11listed 1995 · 0.2 miles away- Captain Joseph Allen Houselisted 2022 · 0.1 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresJefferson Heights grew from 1,094 to 1,122 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,094 | |
| 2020 | 1,122 | +28 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 27 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.
- 1895 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1934 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Cementon quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
269 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 269 fires within 5 miles of Jefferson Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 363 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 27 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 | 109 |
| Debris and open burning | 76 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 26 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 20 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 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
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Jefferson Heights: 14 producers, 13 past producers, 2 occurrences. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Potic Mountain Blue Ss Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Austin's Glen Deposit | Quartz | Occurrence | ||
| Diamond Hill Deposit | Quartz | Occurrence | ||
| Fabiano Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kearny Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Alsen Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Catskill Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Catskill Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Colarusso Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hudson Clay Pit | Clay | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cauterskill | 1.1 miles | 27 | |
| Catskill | 1.5 miles | 27 | |
| Hamburg | 1.7 miles | 27 | |
| Leeds | 1.8 miles | 25 | |
| West Athens | 4.2 miles | 25 | |
| Athens | 4.3 miles | 25 | |
| Cairo Junction | 4.7 miles | 25 | |
| Kiskatom | 4.8 miles | 27 |
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 Jefferson Heights | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3460393 | 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 953961. 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.










