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Kiskatom, 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 stands on Kiskatom Brook. The Survey maps it on the Cementon quadrangle.

Kiskatom within Greene County

Then and now

1895 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Kiskatom, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Kiskatom, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

265 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 265 fires within 5 miles of Kiskatom between 1992 and 2020, burning about 293 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined119
Debris and open burning68
Arson/incendiarism29
Equipment and vehicle use17
Natural15
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Kiskatom: 18 past producers, 15 producers, 1 occurrence. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Clay, Flagstone. 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
Austin's Glen DepositQuartzOccurrence
Saxton Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
North Catskill Clay PitClayProducer
North Catskill Clay PitClayPast Producer
Smith's Landing Clay PitClayProducer
Smith's Landing Clay PitClayPast Producer
Alsen Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Alsen QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Catskill Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Catskill QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

7 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kiskatom in 7 storm reports between 2003 and 2021: 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 7 injuries. 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
July 2003Tornado (F2)Kiskatom7 hurt, $1,000,000no account filed
August 2021Flash FloodKiskatom-Paul Saxe Road was closed at Mountain Turnpike Road in the Town of Catskill due to flash flooding.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindKiskatom-A tree was downed near Ramsey School Road and Route 23A.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindKiskatom-Trees and wires were downed in Kiskatom due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2011FloodKiskatom-Route 32 just south of Route 23A in the Town of Catskill was closed due to flooding. The roadway remained closed after the flood waters receded due to damage.
January 2010Flash FloodKiskatom-Route 32 was reported closed between Route 23A and Game Farm Road in Catskill due to water over the roadway.
September 2004Flash FloodKiskatom-Mountain Turnpike Road closed to all vehicle traffic. Two people trapped in car in parking lot of Friar Tuck Inn. Emergency Personnel called to scene.

Every storm recorded in Greene 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
Lawrenceville2.3 miles27
High Falls2.6 miles27
Ledgewood Park2.8 miles32
Palenville3.6 miles32
Alsen3.6 miles27
Cairo Junction3.7 miles25
Cauterskill4.0 miles27
Jefferson Heights4.8 miles27

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.

Wikidata item Q122541178The 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 954721. 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.