Kerhonkson, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wawarsing town. It lies in ZIP code area 12446. It stands on Mine Hole Brook. The Survey maps it on the Kerhonkson 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 Kerhonkson
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
Congregation Tifereth Yehuda Veyisroellisted 2013
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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 Slide Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Slide Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1942 USGS Kerhonkson quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Kerhonkson quadrangle1:31680
- 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 Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Kerhonkson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
228 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Kerhonkson between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,341 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 36 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 | 140 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 16 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kerhonkson: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accord Stone and Lime Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Krom Road Gravel Bank | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wawarsing Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kerhonkson in 16 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kerhonkson | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kerhonkson | $7,000 | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kerhonkson | $5,000 | A strong cold front moved across Eastern New York during the late afternoon and evening hours of September 3rd. A tornado touched down in the Hamilton County Town of Long Lake. The tornado had a continuous path of about three miles from halfway between Deer Pond and North Pond to 1.5 miles southwest of Hardigan Pond. It then skipped along another 3-mile- path with the last touch down occurring halfway between Salmon Lake and Rock Pond. The tornado downed large swaths of forest timber as it left a damage path up to 0.25 mile wide. In Oneida, Sullivan and Ulster Counties thunderstorm winds downed tree limbs and power lines across parts of each county leaving over 7,000 customers without power in Oneida County and more than 5,000 customers without power in Ulster County. In Highmount in Delaware County lightning struck a house twice during the same storm. The lightning blew out windows in the house, dug up the yard and disabled two vehicles. In Broome County thunderstorm winds downed a tree and power lines off Rte. 26 near the North Endicott Substation. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kerhonkson | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Kerhonkson | - | One inch hail was observed near Kerhonkson. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kerhonkson | - | Multiple reports of trees and wires down in the Hamlet of Kerhonkson including near Route 209 and Route 44 and on Clay Hill Road. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kerhonkson | - | Trees were downed in Kerhonkson. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kerhonkson | - | Trees and wires were downed on US 209 north of US 44. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kerhonkson | - | A tree was downed in the roadway on Foordmoore Road near Routes 44 and 55. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kerhonkson | - | A tree and wires were downed with a transformer fire on Foordmore Road in the Hamlet of Kerhonkson. |
| October 2021 | Flood | Kerhonkson | - | Samsonville Road was closed between Queens Highway and Sundown Road for a flooded roadway. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kerhonkson | - | Trees and wires downed. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Kerhonkson | - | Penny size hail was reported in Kerhonkson during a thunderstorm. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Kerhonkson | - | Penny size hail was reported in Kerhonkson during a thunderstorm. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kerhonkson | - | Trees blown down. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Kerhonkson | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954549. 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.










