Spring Glen, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wawarsing town. It lies in ZIP code area 12428. The Survey maps it on the Ellenville quadrangle. It stands 400 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1904 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Spring Glen
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
Spring Glen Synagoguelisted 1999
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1904 USGS Ellenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Ellenville quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1942 USGS Ellenville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Ellenville 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 Ellenville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
144 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Spring Glen between 2001 and 2020, burning about 4,936 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 26 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 | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 3 August 2017 | Natural | 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
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Spring Glen: 4 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillipsort Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Phillipsort Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ellenville Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Ellenville Mine | Zinc, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Irving Jones Prospect | Zinc, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Shawangunk Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Sun Ray Tunnel Deposit | Zinc, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Ulster Mine Near Spring Glen | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Spring Glen Deposit | Zinc | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Glen in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Flood | Spring Glen | - | Hang Glider Road was closed at the bridge due to flooding. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Glen | - | Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Spring Glen. |
| September 2011 | Flash Flood | Spring Glen | - | Numerous roads were reported closed county-wide due to flooding as small streams overflowed their banks. The Pine Bush schools were closed due to the flooding. Moderate flooding occurred on the Wallkill River at Gardiner. The Gardiner river gage located on left bank 400 feet upstream from bridge on Route 44, 500 feet downstream from Shawangunk Kill, and 0.7 miles northwest of Gardiner exceeded its 13 foot flood stage around 5:30 am EST September 8th, its 16 foot moderate flood stage around 10:30 am, it crested at 17.67 feet around 4 pm, and dropped below flood stage around 3:30 am September 9th. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cragsmoor | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Walker Valley | 3.5 miles | 24 | |
| Ellenville | 4.0 miles | 24 | |
| Greenfield Park | 5.1 miles | 24 | |
| Crawford | 5.4 miles | 23 | |
| The Cape | 5.7 miles | 24 | |
| Napanoch | 6.2 miles | 23 | |
| Ulsterville | 6.3 miles | 22 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Spring Glen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7580522 | 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 966069. 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.










