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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.

Kerhonkson within Ulster County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Kerhonkson, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Kerhonkson, surveyed 1903

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

228 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined140
Arson/incendiarism36
Natural18
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning7
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
3 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Accord Stone and Lime CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Krom Road Gravel BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wawarsing PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

16 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1996Thunderstorm WindKerhonkson$10,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindKerhonkson$7,000no account filed
September 1993Thunderstorm WindKerhonkson$5,000A 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 1994Thunderstorm WindKerhonkson$5,000no account filed
August 2023HailKerhonkson-One inch hail was observed near Kerhonkson.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindKerhonkson-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 2021Thunderstorm WindKerhonkson-Trees were downed in Kerhonkson.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindKerhonkson-Trees and wires were downed on US 209 north of US 44.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindKerhonkson-A tree was downed in the roadway on Foordmoore Road near Routes 44 and 55.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindKerhonkson-A tree and wires were downed with a transformer fire on Foordmore Road in the Hamlet of Kerhonkson.
October 2021FloodKerhonkson-Samsonville Road was closed between Queens Highway and Sundown Road for a flooded roadway.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindKerhonkson-Trees and wires downed.
June 2009HailKerhonkson-Penny size hail was reported in Kerhonkson during a thunderstorm.
June 2009HailKerhonkson-Penny size hail was reported in Kerhonkson during a thunderstorm.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindKerhonkson-Trees blown down.
May 2000HailKerhonkson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ulster 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
Pine Bush0.7 miles23
Pataukunk1.2 miles23
Granite1.9 miles23
Fantinekill1.9 miles23
Mombaccus2.9 miles23
Mill Hook3.1 miles27
Port Ben3.2 miles23
Wawarsing3.3 miles23

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.