Saint Josen, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Rochester town. It lies in ZIP code area 12404. It stands on Sanders Kill. The Survey maps it on the Mohonk Lake 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 Saint Josen
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Joachim Schoonmaker Farmlisted 2013 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 27 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 Mohonk Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Mohonk Lake 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 Mohonk Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
195 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Saint Josen between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,297 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 32 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 | 116 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2001 | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Saint Josen: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accord Stone and Lime Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Krom Road Gravel Bank | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accord | 1.1 miles | 27 | |
| Alligerville | 1.8 miles | 27 | |
| Kyserike | 2.2 miles | 27 | |
| Mill Hook | 2.3 miles | 27 | |
| Whitfield | 2.4 miles | 27 | |
| Mohonk Lake | 2.9 miles | 27 | |
| Lake Minnewaska | 3.2 miles | 25 | |
| Mettacahonts | 3.3 miles | 23 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122571190 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973036. 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.










