Sugar Loaf, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Chester town. It lies in ZIP code area 10918. It lies near Pine Hill. The Survey maps it on the Warwick quadrangle. It stands 509 feet above sea level.
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 Sugar Loaf
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
Fury Brook Farmlisted 2004- Sugar Loaf Historic Districtlisted 2024
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 25 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
- 1943 USGS Warwick quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Warwick quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Goshen quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Warwick quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
455 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 455 fires within 5 miles of Sugar Loaf between 1993 and 2020, burning about 348 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 83 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 | 192 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 83 |
| Debris and open burning | 58 |
| Smoking | 54 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Sugar Loaf: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clove Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Mombasha Mine/O'Neill/Forshee/Clove Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Magnetite | |
| Chester Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Chester Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Chester Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Chester Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kakargo Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Trout Brook Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Chester | 2.4 miles | 25 | |
| Durland | 2.9 miles | 25 | |
| Chester | 3.0 miles | 25 | |
| Walton Park | 3.1 miles | 32 | |
| Greycourt | 3.3 miles | 25 | |
| Hempstead Acres | 3.3 miles | 25 | |
| Valley View At Chester | 3.4 miles | 25 | |
| Renee Gardens | 3.6 miles | 25 |
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 Sugar Loaf | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7634859 | 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 966716. 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.












