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Wallkill, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Shawangunk town. It lies in ZIP code area 12589. It stands on Dwaar Kill. The Survey maps it on the Walden quadrangle.

Wallkill within Ulster County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wallkill, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Wallkill, surveyed 1903

On record in Wallkill

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 4 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

189 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Wallkill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 171 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined99
Debris and open burning30
Arson/incendiarism24
Smoking10
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2
Other causes1

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
8 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wallkill: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Geiger Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Geiger Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wallkill in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWallkill$50,000no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWallkill$17,000no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindWallkill-A tree was reported down on a house.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWallkill-Several large trees were downed, some onto cars. An antenna on a house roof was also toppled.
July 2010HailWallkill-Hail ranging in size from dimes to quarters was reported during a thunderstorm in Wallkill.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindWallkill-no account filed
May 1995HailWallkill-no account filed

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
Borden Estate1.1 miles25
Galeville2.2 miles25
Saint Elmo2.5 miles25
New Hurley3.1 miles25
Flint3.3 miles25
Bruynswick4.2 miles25
Modena Gardens4.4 miles25
Sylva4.6 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968702. 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.