Tristates, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Port Jervis City. It lies in ZIP code area 12771. It stands on Neversink River. The Survey maps it on the Port Jervis South quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
On record in Tristates
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Erie Railroad Stationlisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1906 USGS Port Jervis quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Port Jervis quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Port Jervis South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Port Jervis South quadrangle1:31680
- 1949 USGS Port Jervis South quadrangle1:25000
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Port Jervis South quadrangle1:24000
- 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 Port Jervis South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Port Jervis South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
265 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 265 fires within 5 miles of Tristates between 1994 and 2020, burning about 246 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 28 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 | 117 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Other causes | 5 |
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 2005 | 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 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2016 | Other causes | under an acre | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
| 21 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 20 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 13 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
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 Tristates: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Salem Quarry | Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1899 | |
| Delaware Valley Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Port Jervis Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sandford Nearpass Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | 1868, 1900 | |
| William Nearpass Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | 1868, 1900 |
Storms near this place
13 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tristates in 13 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 2 hail. 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 | Tristates | $1,000,000 | A large tree limb was blocking Canal Street at Hamilton Street. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tristates | $25,000 | Numerous trees down into wires, almost entire city without power. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tristates | $10,000 | Tree down on a house on Hammond Street. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tristates | $3,000 | Police report of wires down at the intersection of Orange and Canal. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tristates | $1,000 | Tree reported down on US 6 eastbound in Port Jervis. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tristates | $1,000 | Large tree branch down on Sussex Street between North Broome Street and East Main Street. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Tristates | - | Multiple cars stranded near Pike Street and Ball Street in Port Jervis. One person Stranded in car. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Tristates | - | Fire department dispatched to assist in pumping water out of a flooded basement on Pennsylvania Ave. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Tristates | - | Road closures in and around town due to flooding. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Tristates | - | Video of hail most of which were the size of quarters with some the size of ping pong balls. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Tristates | - | Main Street in Port Jervis was flooded and impassable. The bridge over the Neversink River was closed to traffic due to the flood waters. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Tristates | - | The intersection of Reservoir Ave. and Orange St. in Port Jervis was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Tristates | - | Nickel size hail was reported in Port Jervis. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Jervis | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Germantown | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Greenville | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Sparrow Bush | 3.5 miles | 23 | |
| Smith Corners | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Logtown | 4.6 miles | 22 | |
| Shin Hollow | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Huguenot | 4.8 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122568687 | 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 967847. 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.













