Tusten, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Tusten town. It lies in ZIP code area 12764. It stands on Tenmile River. The Survey maps it on the Narrowsburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1920 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1920 against another survey:
On record in Tusten
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
Ten Mile River Baptist Churchlisted 1997
Tusten Stone Arch Bridgelisted 2000
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.
- 1920 USGS Damascus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1923 USGS Damascus quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Honesdale quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Damascus 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
- 1968 USGS Narrowsburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Honesdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Narrowsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Narrowsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
85 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Tusten between 1992 and 2020, burning about 169 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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 | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 6 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 29 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 15 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 15 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tusten in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2007: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2002 | Lightning | Tusten | $200,000 | Lightning struck Cortese Auto Body Shop on Route 97. The lightning started an electrical fire which spread quickly to several cans of paint thinner and paint. The building was completely engulfed by the time the fire department arrived. Two people inside the building at the time of the strike got out uninjured. The shop was a total loss. A school bus, several other vehicles, tools and equipment in the shop were all destroyed. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tusten | $2,000 | Several trees and wires were blown down. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tusten | $2,000 | Power pole down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newieden | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Hunts Corner | 3.4 miles | 25 | |
| Lava | 4.2 miles | 25 | |
| Narrowsburg | 4.3 miles | 25 | |
| Yulan | 5.1 miles | 23 | |
| Minisink Ford | 5.5 miles | 26 | |
| Tylertown | 6.2 miles | 23 | |
| Cochecton Center | 7.1 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973169. 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.
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.












