Westtown, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Minisink town. It lies in ZIP code area 10998. It lies near Laurel Hill. The Survey maps it on the Unionville quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Westtown
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 1 record
Hulet Clark Farmsteadlisted 1998
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1906 USGS Port Jervis quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Port Jervis quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Unionville quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Unionville quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Unionville quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Unionville quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Unionville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
192 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Westtown between 1992 and 2019, burning about 171 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 17 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 | 110 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
| 28 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Westtown: 6 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edenville Ilmenite Deposit | Iron, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Mount Salem Quarry | Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1899 | |
| Pine Island Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pine Island Quarry and Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Westtown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Westtown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Westtown Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Westtown Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westtown in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Lightning | Westtown | $10,000 | Fire Department sent to Laurel Hill Drive for burning smell due to house struck by lightning. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westtown | $3,000 | Trees down on wires near Jacobs Road and Route 1. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Westtown | - | Fire department reports water entering the basement of a home. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Westtown | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterloo Mills | 2.2 miles | 22 | |
| Millsburg | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Unionville | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Johnson | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Castle High Estates | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Gardnerville | 2.9 miles | 24 | |
| Bushville | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Logtown | 3.1 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970944. 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.












