West Cornwall, New York
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cornwall town. It lies in ZIP code area 12553. It stands on Baby Brook. The Survey maps it on the Cornwall-on-Hudson quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1902 against another survey:
On record in West Cornwall
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 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Isaac Cocks Houselisted 1996 · 0.4 miles away
Vermont Hatch Mansionlisted 1995 · 0.6 miles away
Samuel Brooks Houselisted 1996 · 0.7 miles away- Kellogg, The, Houselisted 2001 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 35 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.
- 1902 USGS Schunemunk quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1930 USGS Schunemunk quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Schunemunk quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1935 USGS Schunemunk quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Cornwall quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Cornwall quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Cornwall-on-Hudson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
474 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 474 fires within 5 miles of West Cornwall between 1993 and 2020, burning about 959 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 49 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 | 290 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 30 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Fireworks | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 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 |
| 5 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of West Cornwall: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Zirconium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bog Meadow Pond Deposit | Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| Tower Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Magnetite | |
| Townsend Canterbury Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Moodna Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Moodna Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plum Point Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Plum Point Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Cornwall in 1 storm report in 2013: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Cornwall | - | Wires were reported down along Otterkill 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orrs Mill | 0.6 miles | 35 | |
| Meadowbrook | 1.2 miles | 35 | |
| Firthcliffe Heights | 1.3 miles | 35 | |
| Firthcliffe | 1.4 miles | 35 | |
| Downey Farms | 1.6 miles | 35 | |
| Vails Gate | 1.7 miles | 35 | |
| Vails Gate Junction | 2.0 miles | 35 | |
| Mountainville | 2.1 miles | 35 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973225. 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.












