New Kingston, New York
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Middletown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12459. It lies near Sanford Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Margaretville quadrangle. It stands 1,686 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1901 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in New 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 3 records
- New Kingston Historic Districtlisted 2008
- New Kingston Presbyterian Churchlisted 2002
- Thomson Family Farmlisted 2004
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1901 USGS Margaretville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Margaretville quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1945 USGS Margaretville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Margaretville quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pepacton Reservoir quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
57 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of New Kingston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 83 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 23 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 14 July 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 12 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Kingston in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Kingston | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree near the intersection of New Kingston Mountain Road and Harold Roberts Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halcottsville | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Bovina | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Margaretville | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Kelly Corners | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Dunraven | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Arkville | 5.6 miles | 20 | |
| Andes | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Denver | 6.0 miles | 20 |
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 New Kingston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q39050562 | 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 958426. 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.
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.








