West Camp, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Saugerties town. It lies in ZIP code area 12477. It lies near Wanton Island. The Survey maps it on the Saugerties quadrangle. It stands 184 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1895 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 102 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1895 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 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.
- 1895 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1934 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Saugerties quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Saugerties quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
230 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of West Camp between 1992 and 2020, burning about 193 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 30 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 | 115 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 38 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of West Camp: 19 producers, 19 past producers. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Limestone, General, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Blum Cementon Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Quarryville Blue Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Saugerties Blue Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Saxton Blue Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Alsen Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Alsen Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Catskill Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Catskill Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cementon - Alsen Limestone Quarries | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Cementon Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Camp in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Camp | - | A tree was down on wires in the West Camp hamlet of the town of Saugerties due to thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eavesport | 0.4 miles | 29 | |
| Asbury | 1.7 miles | 27 | |
| Malden-on-Hudson | 1.9 miles | 29 | |
| Katsbaan | 2.0 miles | 29 | |
| Canoe Hill | 2.1 miles | 29 | |
| Quarryville | 2.8 miles | 29 | |
| Saugerties | 3.3 miles | 29 | |
| Saxton | 4.0 miles | 27 |
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 West Camp | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q39050594 | 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 969160. 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.











