Olivebridge, New York
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Olive town. It lies in ZIP code area 12461. The Survey maps it on the Ashokan quadrangle.
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 Olivebridge
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 within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Ashokan-Turnwood Covered Bridgelisted 2000 · 0.9 miles away- Ashokan Field Campus Historic Districtlisted 2019 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 28 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 Rosendale quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Rosendale quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1942 USGS Ashokan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Ashokan quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Ashokan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
110 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Olivebridge between 1993 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined | 64 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Olivebridge: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nytralite Pit and Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olivebridge in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Olivebridge | $29,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olivebridge | $6,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olivebridge | $2,000 | no account filed |
| December 2023 | Flood | Olivebridge | $1,000 | Route 213 was reported closed two miles east of the Town of Olive. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olivebridge | - | A tree was downed onto wires in the Town of Olive. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olivebridge | - | A tree and wires were downed on Weber Lane in the Town of Olive. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olivebridge | - | Trees and wires were downed. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olivebridge | - | Trees and wires down on Atwood Road. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olivebridge | - | Trees were reported down. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olivebridge | - | Wires were reported down on Private Lane in the town of Olive due to thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Olivebridge | - | Half dollar size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Olivebridge. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olivebridge | - | Two trees along with wires were reported down across Route 213 in Olivebridge. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olivebridge | - | Trees were reported down in Olivebridge due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olivebridge | - | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Olivebridge | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959342. 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.










