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Ohioville, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in New Paltz town. It lies in ZIP code area 12561. The Survey maps it on the Clintondale quadrangle.

Ohioville 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 Ohioville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Ohioville, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

287 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 287 fires within 5 miles of Ohioville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 294 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 34 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/undetermined151
Smoking42
Arson/incendiarism34
Debris and open burning25
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 1998Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
17 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ohioville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Clintondale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

5 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ohioville in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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
July 2023Flash FloodOhioville$20,000South Street between U.S. Route 44 and State Route 299 was closed due to flooding.
July 2023FloodOhioville$20,000South Street between U.S. Route 44 and State Route 299 was closed due to flooding.
August 2024Tornado (EF0)Ohioville$3,000A National Weather Service Storm Survey, with assistance from received video footage, determined an EF-0 tornado occurred along the NYS Thruway near exit 18. The tornado uprooted a few hardwood trees as it crossed the interstate. Estimated peak winds were 76 mph with a path length of 0.58 miles and path width of 30 yards.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindOhioville-A tree and wires were downed at Lloyd Cemetery near Lloyd.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindOhioville-Wires were reported down in New Paltz due to thunderstorm winds.

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
Elting Corners1.1 miles25
New Paltz1.7 miles25
Clintondale Station1.7 miles25
Lloyd2.7 miles25
Plutarch3.0 miles28
Clintondale3.2 miles25
Springtown3.3 miles28
Butterville3.6 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959235. 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.