Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.
“Elijah Strong House is a historic home located at Ashland in Greene County, New York. It was built about 1797 and is a 2-story, two-by-five-bay timber frame dwelling.”
Wikipedia article Elijah Strong House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 101 National Register listings published here for Greene County · listed in 2003 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Elijah Strong House between 1999 and 2020, burning about 158 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 5 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 | 42 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2020 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 14 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashland, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2014: 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | A tree was reported down and on a house 1 mile northwest of Ashland due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Ashland as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | A tree limb was reported down on wires and burning on Sutton Hollow Road in Ashland due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Ashland | - | Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Ashland. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Ashland | - | Penny size hail was reported in Ashland during a thunderstorm.||The large hail damaged tree fruits, berries and vegetables near Ashland, and across other areas within Greene County. Total preliminary crop damage estimates from the hail in Greene County were approximately $169 thousand. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Trees down on road. |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Trinity Episcopal Church | 2.3 miles | 1996 |
 | West Settlement Methodist Church | 2.5 miles | 1996 |
 | Morss Homestead/Federal City Homestead | 2.8 miles | 1983 |
 | Jewett Presbyterian Church Complex | 3.0 miles | 2001 |
 | North Settlement Methodist Church | 3.3 miles | 1996 |
 | Pratt Rock Park | 3.6 miles | 1992 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 02001711 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Greene County | All 101 listed properties in this county. |
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