Pumpkin Hollow, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Taghkanic town. It lies in ZIP code area 12529. It lies near Pond Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hillsdale quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1902 USGS Copake quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Copake quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Hillsdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hillsdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Pumpkin Hollow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 171 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 16 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 | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 15 September 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 August 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pumpkin Hollow in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2019: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkin Hollow | - | Tree was downed on County Route 7. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkin Hollow | - | Tree was downed on County Route 7. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkin Hollow | - | A member of the public reported damage to trees as a result of thunderstorm winds. Many large limbs and branches were down, including limbs of 50 foot tall trees. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Taghkanic | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Copake Lake | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| West Copake | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Taghkanic | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| New Forge | 3.3 miles | 22 | |
| Taconic Shores | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Craryville | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Copake | 4.0 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 961967. 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.









