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One of 187 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 2017 · category: Site.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Gumaer Cemetery
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1906.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. Neversink Preserve, Guymard Tpk. vicinity, Godeffroy, 12746
- When was it listed? 2017-09-18
- Category. site
- Town. Deerpark town
- National Register reference number. 100001626 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
158 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Gumaer Cemetery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 552 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 20 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 | 72 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | CUDDEBACKVILLE FIRE |
| 22 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 5 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 4 August 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 18 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 23 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 14 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Gumaer Cemetery: 4 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Valley Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Guymard Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Champion Mine | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Guymard Lead-Zinc Deposit | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Otisville Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Washington Mine | Lead, Zinc | Prospect |
Maps showing this location
11 surveysUnited 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.
- 1906 USGS Port Jervis quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Port Jervis quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Otisville quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Otisville quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Otisville quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Neversink Valley Grange No. 1530 | 1.4 miles | 2013 |
 | Huguenot Schoolhouse | 1.5 miles | 1997 |
 | Delaware and Hudson Canal | 1.9 miles | 1968 |
 | Dodge-Greenleaf House | 4.7 miles | 2008 |
 | US Post Office-Port Jervis | 5.9 miles | 1989 |
 | Erie Railroad Station | 6.0 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001626 in Record Group 79. |
| Orange County | All 187 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.