Rockland, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Rockland town. It lies in ZIP code area 12776. It stands on Willowemoc Creek. The Survey maps it on the Roscoe quadrangle.
Then and now
1921 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Rockland
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 1 record
- Rockland Mill Complexlisted 1984
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1921 USGS Livingston Manor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1923 USGS Livingston Manor quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Livingston Manor quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Roscoe quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Rockland between 2004 and 2020, burning about 35 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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 | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 May 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 May 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockland in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 4 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2010 | Flash Flood | Rockland | 1 killed, $10,000 | Heavy rain caused flooding of numerous roads throughout the county, including Rockland. A vehicle fatality occurred at about 5:00 AM on the morning of October 1st in the Town of Neversink. The driver was traveling to work and was swept by floodwaters into Willowemoc Creek. The body of the 55 year old woman was found the next morning along the shore of the Neversink Reservoir. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Rockland | $15,000,000 | Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused significant flash flooding. All roads in the towns of Colchester were closed, and a State of Emergency was declared. 15-20 residents were evacuated near County Highway 7. Serious damage occurred to a bridge on the highway. Portions of the road on Holiday and Berry Brook were completely washed out, and one rescue took place from a car. Flooding also occurred along Route 206 from Rockland to Route 30. Highway 17 west of Roscoe, Old Route 17 near Roscoe and Route 17 eastbound east of Roscoe were all closed due to washouts of portions of the highway. Water surrounded a home in Jeffersonville. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Rockland | $300,000 | Beaver Kill Road was washed out just across the border of Delaware County in the town of Rockland by flash flooding. 300,000 dollars worth of damage was done to this road. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockland | $27,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down power poles. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Rockland | $15,000 | Radar indicated a basin average rainfall of almost 4 inches within 2 hours over the Spring Brook watershed. The heaviest rainfall was confined to the middle portion of the basin with locally heavier rainfall of 6 to 8 inches. One rain gauge had 5 inches of rain in this portion of the Spring Brook watershed. Evacuations took place along Spring Brook and were precautionary in nature. Water over-topped a minimum of three bridges along State Route 206 in the Spring Brook watershed and one along the Little Spring Brook tributary. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roscoe | 0.8 miles | 22 | |
| Hazel | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Craigie Clair | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Joscelyn | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Deckertown | 4.5 miles | 22 | |
| Beaverkill | 4.8 miles | 22 | |
| Tennanah Lake | 4.8 miles | 22 | |
| Shandelee | 5.1 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962754. 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.










