Sholam, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wawarsing town. It lies in ZIP code area 12458. The Survey maps it on the Rondout Reservoir quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 83 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
12 surveys from 24 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.
- 1903 USGS Slide Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Slide Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1942 USGS Lackawack quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Lackawack 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
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Rondout Reservior quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Rondout Reservoir quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
86 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Sholam between 1992 and 2020, burning about 158 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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 | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 24 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 August 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 3 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 29 August 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:
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sholam in 1 storm report in 2023: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sholam | - | A tree and wires were downed blocking part of Route 55A near Napanoch. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yagerville | 1.7 miles | 24 | |
| Potterville | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| Brownville | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Lackawack | 2.6 miles | 24 | |
| Greenville | 4.0 miles | 25 | |
| Cherrytown | 4.3 miles | 23 | |
| Honk Hill | 4.7 miles | 24 | |
| Ulster Heights | 5.1 miles | 24 |
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 Q122560753 | 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 965145. 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.











