Ulsterville, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Shawangunk town. It lies in ZIP code area 12566. It stands on Verkeerder Kill. The Survey maps it on the Pine Bush quadrangle.
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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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
- 1943 USGS Pinebush quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Pine Bush 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 Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
158 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Ulsterville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,183 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 40 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 | 61 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
| 14 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 26 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 August 2015 | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ulsterville: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grosso Materials | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wallkill Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wallkill Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ulsterville in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Flood | Ulsterville | $10,000 | Heavy rainfall led to flooding across portions of Ulster county. Several roads were closed, including Route 213 and Mountain Road in Ulsterville, Ulsterville Road and Pirog Road in Ulsterville, several roads in downtown New Paltz, and Route 9 West between Saugerties and Ulster.||The flooding of fields was also reported west of County Route 7 and State Route 52 near Ulsterville, where water approached houses.||In addition, a mudslide occurred in Hurley, closing Hurley Mountain Road. |
| December 2023 | Flood | Ulsterville | $2,000 | Portions of Ulsterville Road was closed from Schawagunk to Crawford. |
| July 1996 | Hail | Ulsterville | $1,000 | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ulsterville | - | Trees and wires were reported down. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ulsterville | - | A tree and wires were downed near a residence on Old Town Road in Shawangunk. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ulsterville | - | Wires were reported down. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ulsterville | - | Trees and wires were reported down. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ulsterville | - | A tree fell onto powerlines. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ulsterville | - | A portion of a tree was downed blocking the northbound lane of Burlingham Road at Lake Shore Drive. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ulsterville | - | Tree downed on road. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Ulsterville | - | Ulsterville Road was reported to be underwater due to heavy rainfall and flooding from the Shawangunk Kill. |
| October 2006 | Flood | Ulsterville | - | On October 28, a trained spotter reported that the Shawangunk Kill and Verkeerder Kill Creeks were flooding the Town Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Valley | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Crawford | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Red Mills | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Watchtower | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Dwaarkill | 4.7 miles | 23 | |
| Awosting | 4.7 miles | 23 | |
| Cragsmoor | 5.1 miles | 24 | |
| Rutsonville | 6.1 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 Q122567617 | 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 968116. 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.









