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Kingston, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Kingston City. It lies in ZIP code area 12401. It stands on Twaalfskill Brook. The Survey maps it on the Kingston East quadrangle. 24,069 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 476 feet above sea level.

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Kingston within Ulster County

Then and now

1898 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kingston, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Kingston, surveyed 1898

On record in Kingston

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 12 of 45 shown

Every listing in Ulster County

Population over time

3 figures

Kingston grew from 6,315 to 24,069 between 1870 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.

YearPeople Change
18706,315
201023,893
202024,069+176 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 31 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

476 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 476 fires within 5 miles of Kingston between 1993 and 2020, burning about 457 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 42 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/undetermined239
Smoking110
Arson/incendiarism42
Debris and open burning32
Natural21
Equipment and vehicle use18
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor4

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
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Kingston: 9 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
EddyvilleBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Kingston QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Kingston QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Dwyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dwyer Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
H. Franco and Son Sand and Stone CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Colite PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Colite PitClayPast Producer
Eddyville Clay PitClayPast Producer
Jova Manufacturing Corp Clay MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

60 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kingston in 60 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 33 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 5 flood, 4 lightning. 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 1998LightningKingston$30,000In Ulster County at Kingston, lightning struck and damaged the roof, attic and second floor of a home.
August 2001Flash FloodKingston$20,000no account filed
July 1999LightningKingston$20,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindKingston$17,000no account filed
June 2001HailKingston$15,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindKingston$15,000no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindKingston$15,000no account filed
June 2001LightningKingston$13,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindKingston$10,000no account filed
May 2009Thunderstorm WindKingston$7,000A large tree fell onto a home near Kingston, damaging a roof and chimney. The downed tree was a result of strong thunderstorm winds.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindKingston$5,000Severe thunderstorms moved across parts of eastern New York ahead of a warm front during the afternoon and early evening hours of July 20th. Thunderstorm winds downed trees and powerlines while torrential rains resulted in urban flooding in some areas. Among the areas hardest hit were Albany, Rensselaer, Greene, and Dutchess Counties. In all some 20,000 customers were left without electricity as a result of the thunderstorms. Lightning was the cause of several fires including a home in Brisben and a church steeple in Watervliet.
September 1993Thunderstorm WindKingston$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.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindKingston$5,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindKingston$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindKingston$5,000no account filed
May 1993Thunderstorm WindKingston$5,000no account filed
May 2000HailKingston$4,000no account filed
December 2023FloodEast Kingston$3,000First Avenue from Kingston Street to Sojourner Truth State Park was closed due to flooding.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindKingston$3,000no account filed
December 2023FloodKingston$2,000Loundsbury Place from Mountainview Avenue and Fairmont Avenue was closed due to flooding.
December 2023FloodKingston$2,000South Wall Street from Route 213 to Winchell Avenue was closed due to flooding.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindKingston$2,000no account filed
December 2023FloodKingston$1,000Emerson Street was closed due to flooding.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindEast Kingston$1,000A tree was downed along Clifton Terrace in the City of Kingston.
July 2018LightningKingston$1,000Lightning caused a fire in a substation, resulting in power outages.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindKingston$1,000no account filed
July 1996HailKingston$500no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindKingston$500no account filed
July 2025HailKingston-Quarter size hail was reported in the City of Kingston.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindKingston-A tree fell onto wires near Hillside Terrace and Millers Lane near the City of Kingston.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindKingston-Propane tank was leaking after being struck by a tree on Lynette Boulevard.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindKingston-A tree was reported down on a trailer (in the Spring Lake area).
July 2022Thunderstorm WindKingston-Powerlines were downed east of Virginia Drive in the City of Kingston.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindEast Kingston-Trees and wires were downed.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindKingston-Scattered trees were knocked down in the Kingston area.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindKingston-A tree was downed onto wires on Cedar Street.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindKingston-A tree was downed onto wires and a house.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindKingston-Trees and wires were downed.
August 2018Heavy RainKingston-Strong storm resulted in 1.48 inches of rainfall in a 15 minute period between 430 PM and 445 PM.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindKingston-Trees and wires were downed in the Linderman Avenue section of Kingston due to thunderstorm winds. Trees were ripped from the roots and siding was damaged to a home.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindKingston-Wires were downed onto a vehicle on the Boulevard in Kingston due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindKingston-Numerous trees and wires were downed along Washington Avenue in Kingston, with the hardest hit area near the intersection with State Route 32. In addition, numerous trees and wires were downed on Fair Street in Kingston. Some of the downed trees fell on cars and homes. Also, trees were downed at the intersection of Broadway and Interstate 587. Some other trees were also downed on Foxhall Avenue, where two cars were damaged from the downed trees as well.
June 2012HailKingston-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Kingston.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindKingston-Trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Kingston.
June 2011HailKingston-Quarter size hail (measured) was reported during a thunderstorm in Kingston.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindEast Kingston-Trees and wires were reported down approximately 1 mile northeast of Kingston due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2009HailKingston-Quarter size hail was reported in Kingston during a thunderstorm.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindKingston-Trees and wires were reported down in Kingston due to strong thunderstorm winds.||One part of a large tree was reported down on Sawkill Road in the town of Ulster, closing a portion of the road between Washington Avenue and U.S. Route 209.
August 2008HailKingston-Penny size hail fell during a thunderstorm near Kingston.
June 2008HailKingston-Penny size hail was reported near Kingston during a thunderstorm.
July 2007HailKingston-Quarter size hail occurred throughout the city of Kingston. The hail accumulated to a depth of 1 to 2 inches on the ground in some areas.||Nickel size hail also occurred within the town of Ulster, located approximately 2 miles north of Kingston, at nearly the same time.
October 2006FloodKingston-On October 28, a trained spotter reported that Sawmill Creek was flooding Sawkill Road at Jockey Hill Road. In addition, some street flooding was occurring in the city of Kingston. Several roads were closed in Ulster County and some were closed in New Paltz.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindKingston-Trees were blown down.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindKingston-Thunderstorm wind damage was reported in Kingston, Rosendale, Marbletown, and Wawarsing, where numerous trees and power lines were toppled, causing roughly 3,000 customers to briefly lose power. Several roads were also closed temporarily due to obstructions caused by the fallen trees and power lines. In addition, one roof lost its shingles, and one garage collapsed just south of the Ashokan Reservoir.
May 2021HailKingston-no account filed
August 2004Flash FloodKingston-no account filed
August 2003HailKingston-no account filed
August 2003HailKingston-no account filed
August 2003HailKingston-no account filed
August 2003HailKingston-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
Wiltwyck Gardens0.8 miles30
Rondout0.8 miles31
Connelly1.2 miles31
Wilbur1.2 miles30
Ponck Hockie1.3 miles31
Sleightsburg1.3 miles31
Lincoln Park1.6 miles31
Port Ewen1.9 miles31

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 KingstonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q868660The 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 954683. 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.