Shushan, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Salem town. It lies in ZIP code area 12873. It stands on Steele Brook. The Survey maps it on the Shushan quadrangle.
Then and now
1895 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1895 against another survey:
On record in Shushan
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
Shushan Covered Bridgelisted 1978
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 29 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.
- 1895 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1903 USGS Mettawee quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Shushan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Shushan quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Shushan quadrangle1:25000
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Shushan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Shushan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 162 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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 | 58 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 28 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 18 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Shushan: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Creek Pb Mine | Lead | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
11 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shushan in 11 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shushan | - | A tree was down with wires burning on Sutherland Road between County Route 61 and Dobbin Hill Road in Jackson, NY. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shushan | - | Multiple reports of downed trees and power lines across the Town of Salem including County Route 64, Roberson Road and Chunks Brook Road. A tree fell onto a vehicle on Perry Hill Road and also on County Route 61 but there were no injuries. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shushan | - | Trees and wires were downed in the Town of Jackson including State Route 372, Lake Lauderdale Park and Dobbin Hill Road. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shushan | - | A tree and wires were downed on Stanton Road in the Town of Jackson. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shushan | - | Trees and wires were downed on Dobbin Hill Road. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shushan | - | Trees and wires were downed on Ackley Road. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shushan | - | Trees and wires were downed on Juniper Swamp Road. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shushan | - | A tree was downed, blocking County Route 61 in Jackson. |
| January 2019 | Flood | Shushan | - | County Route 61 was closed between Route 22 and Ackley Road due to flooding. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shushan | - | A tree was downed on Camden Valley Road. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shushan | - | Trees and power lines were reported down on Route 22 in the Shushan section in the town of Salem due to thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagleville | 1.6 miles | 29 | |
| Anaquassacook | 1.9 miles | 29 | |
| The Plains | 2.7 miles | 29 | |
| Rexleigh | 3.2 miles | 27 | |
| Ash Grove | 4.1 miles | 29 | |
| Greenwich Junction | 4.1 miles | 27 | |
| Ravenwood Estates | 4.2 miles | 29 | |
| Battenville | 4.5 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965195. 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.













