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Stony Hollow, 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 12443. It lies near Gallis Hill. The Survey maps it on the Kingston West quadrangle.

Stony Hollow 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 Stony Hollow, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Stony Hollow, 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

461 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 461 fires within 5 miles of Stony Hollow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 530 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 47 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/undetermined218
Smoking107
Arson/incendiarism47
Debris and open burning26
Natural22
Equipment and vehicle use16
Recreation and ceremony12
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6

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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Stony Hollow: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Stony Hollow Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Marbletown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Marbletown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stony Hollow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ulster QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stony Hollow in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2021Thunderstorm WindStony Hollow$1,000A tree was downed along Morgan Hill Road in the Town of Hurley.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindStony Hollow-A tree was downed near Route 28 and Beesmer Road near West Hurley.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindStony Hollow-Trees and wires were downed on Route 28.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindStony Hollow-US Route 209 between Main Street and Marcott Road was closed due to downed trees and wires.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindStony Hollow-Multiple trees were reported down along Route 28 in Hurley 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
Jockey Hill1.9 miles30
Morgan Hill2.0 miles30
West Hurley2.2 miles30
Sweet Meadows2.5 miles30
Sawkill2.8 miles30
Halihan Hill3.1 miles30
Zena3.1 miles29
Glenford3.2 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966571. 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.