Rondout, New York
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Kingston City. It lies in ZIP code area 12401. It stands on Rondout Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kingston East quadrangle.
Then and now
1898 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Rondout
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 11 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Rondout-West Strand Historic Districtlisted 1979 · 0.1 miles away
Kingston-Port Ewen Suspension Bridgelisted 1980 · 0.2 miles away
Kingston City Librarylisted 1995 · 0.7 miles away
Ponckhockie Union Chapellisted 1980 · 0.7 miles away
Kingston City Halllisted 1971 · 0.7 miles away
Kingston/Rondout 2 Lighthouselisted 1979 · 0.8 miles away
Moses Yeomans Houselisted 2009 · 0.9 miles away
Cordts Mansionlisted 2007 · 0.9 miles away- West Strand Historic Districtlisted 1974 · 0.2 miles away
- Chestnut Street Historic Districtlisted 1985 · 0.3 miles away
- K. WHITTELSEY (Tugboat)listed 2002 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 31 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.
- 1898 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1934 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Kingston East quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
476 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 476 fires within 5 miles of Rondout between 1997 and 2020, burning about 461 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 40 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 | 236 |
| Smoking | 109 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 4 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Rondout: 9 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddyville | Bloating Material | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kingston Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kingston Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Dwyer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dwyer Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| H. Franco and Son Sand and Stone Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Colite Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Colite Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Eddyville Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Jova Manufacturing Corp Clay Mine | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rondout in 5 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 4 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2023 | Flood | Rondout | $2,000 | East Strand Street from Broadway to Gill Street was closed due to flooding. |
| December 2023 | Flood | Rondout | $2,000 | First Avenue from Hooker Street to the city line was closed due to flooding. |
| December 2023 | Flood | Rondout | $1,000 | Dock Street from the old bridge to Abell Street was closed due to flooding. |
| December 2023 | Flood | Rondout | $1,000 | Delaware Avenue at North Street was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rondout | - | A tree was downed onto a car at Block Park. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleightsburg | 0.5 miles | 31 | |
| Ponck Hockie | 0.7 miles | 31 | |
| Kingston | 0.8 miles | 31 | |
| Connelly | 0.8 miles | 31 | |
| Port Ewen | 1.2 miles | 31 | |
| Wilbur | 1.3 miles | 30 | |
| Wiltwyck Gardens | 1.6 miles | 30 | |
| Lincoln Park | 2.1 miles | 31 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962849. 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.











