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Sawkill, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Kingston town. It lies in ZIP code area 12401. It lies near Halihan Hill. The Survey maps it on the Kingston West quadrangle.

Sawkill within Ulster County

Then and now

1901 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sawkill, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Sawkill, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

506 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 506 fires within 5 miles of Sawkill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 566 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 52 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/undetermined234
Smoking112
Arson/incendiarism52
Debris and open burning37
Natural26
Equipment and vehicle use19
Recreation and ceremony11
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Fireworks2
Other causes2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersNICHOLSON FIRE
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Sawkill: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mt. MarionBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Kingston QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Marbletown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Marbletown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stony Hollow Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Colite PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Colite PitClayPast Producer
Jova Manufacturing Corp Clay MineClayProducer
Mount Marion Clay PitClayPast Producer
Tova Manufacturing Corp. Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sawkill in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2016LightningSawkill1 hurtA 29 year old man repairing a water main break was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm. According to local print media, the man was standing about three inches from a metal stake garden pot when a bolt of lightning struck the plant stand behind him. The lightning strike ricocheted to his left shoulder blade and exited him through his leg. The man went to the emergency room and was discharged later that night with only minor injuries. He was able to return to work in a few days.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSawkill-A 911 call center operator reported trees and wires down on Halihan Hill Road.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindSawkill-A tree was downed onto wires.
June 2014Flash FloodSawkill-Heavy rain from thunderstorms led to flash flooding in Kingston. Sawkill Road near Jockey Hill Road was closed due to high water.
January 2010Flash FloodSawkill-Sawkill Road was reported closed due to flooding between Hill Road and Melissa Road in Kingston.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindSawkill-Trees and wires were reported down approximately 5 miles north northwest of Kingston due to strong thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Ulster County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Halihan Hill0.4 miles30
Jockey Hill1.0 miles30
Sweet Meadows1.4 miles30
Lake Katrine2.3 miles31
Ruby2.4 miles29
Stony Hollow2.8 miles30
Glenerie Lake Park3.1 miles29
Lincoln Park3.1 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964523. 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.