Slate Hill, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wawayanda town. It lies in ZIP code area 10973. It stands on Joe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Middletown quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Slate Hill
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 2 records
Primitive Baptist Church of Brookfieldlisted 1976
Woodlawn Farmlisted 2008
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1906 USGS Goshen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1908 USGS Goshen quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1938 USGS Goshen quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Goshen quadrangle1:62500
- 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 Middletown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
371 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 371 fires within 5 miles of Slate Hill between 1995 and 2020, burning about 248 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 33 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 | 270 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Slate Hill: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merion Blue-Grass Sod Farm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pellets Island Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pellets Island Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Westtown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Westtown Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Slate Hill in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slate Hill | $1,000,000 | A tree was downed on Jogee Road. |
| May 1998 | Flash Flood | Slate Hill | $200,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Lightning | Slate Hill | $6,000 | Smoke seen in building from a lightning strike. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Slate Hill | - | Emergency Services reported flooding in Gardnerville due to 6-12 inches of running water over County Route 12 at Gardnerville Road. The road was briefly impassable. |
| September 2011 | Flood | Slate Hill | - | In Washingtonville, Rt. 208 was closed south of Rt. 94 due to flooding. NY State Rt. 211 was closed in both directions between Kaisertown Rd. and Rt. 416 in Montgomery and US 6 was closed in both directions at highway 284 in Slate Hill also due to flooding. |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slate Hill | - | As a severe thunderstorm moved from Northern New Jersey into Orange County, New York, it produced damaging winds that knocked numerous wires down, resulting in the loss of power for portions of Slate Hill. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slate Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Slate Hill | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgebury | 1.3 miles | 23 | |
| Johnson | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| South Centerville | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Breeze Hill Estates | 2.7 miles | 24 | |
| Millsburg | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Deer Run | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Gardnerville | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Pellets Island | 3.5 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965387. 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.











