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One of 52 National Register listings published here for Schoharie County · listed in 2019 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Schoharie Village Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.
The listing
- Address. Portions of Main, Bridge, Fair, Grand, Orchard & Prospect Sts., Fort Rd., Academy, Furman & Sunset Drs., Birchez, Depot, Estenes, Mix & Quilt Lns., Johnson, Knower & Shannon Aves., Schoharie, 12157
- When was it listed? April 2019
- Category. district
- Town. Schoharie town
- National Register reference number. 100003624 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
93 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Schoharie Village Historic District between 1996 and 2020, burning about 89 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 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 | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 16 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Schoharie Village Historic District: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 3 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Strontium, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schoharie Pyrite Deposit | Sulfur, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Schoharie Strontianite Deposit | Strontium, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Schoharie Strontianite Occurrence | Strontium | Occurrence | ||
| Howes Cave Number 6 Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Masick Quarry and Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Schoharie No. 3 Quarry and Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Howe's Cave Quarry No. 19 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Howes Cave Number 6 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Masick Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Schoharie No. 3 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
26 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schoharie, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 22 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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 2008 | Flash Flood | Schoharie | $50,000 | Numerous roads were closed across Schoharie County due to flash flooding. These included, but were not limited to, Creek Road to Esperance and to the Montgomery County line, Treadlemire Road to Middleburgh, Junction Road, Zicha Road, Sanatarium Road to Esperance and Schoharie, Benninger Road, Barton Hill Road, Sheldon Road, and portions of Route 30. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | - | Wires were downed leading to a brush fire. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | - | Branches and limbs were down. Also dime size hail was reported. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | - | Large tree limbs were down at Main St. and Bridge St. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | - | Trees were downed. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Schoharie | - | Dime size hail was reported in Schoharie. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | - | A couple of trees were downed on Schoharie Hill Road near the Village of Schoharie. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | - | Tree was down onto wires. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | - | Trees were downed. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | - | A tree and large tree limbs were downed on Sunnyside Road. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | - | Two trees were downed. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | - | Multiple trees and branches were reported down in Schoharie as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | - | A trained spotter recorded a wind gust of 74 MPH during a thunderstorm in the village of Schoharie. The wind downed one tree at this spotter's location as well. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | - | A tree and wires were reported down in Schoharie due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | - | A trees and wires were reported down during a thunderstorm in Schoharie. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Schoharie due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Schoharie | - | Roads were closed within the village of Schoharie due to flash flooding. A state of emergency was declared and travel was strongly discouraged due to debris blocking roadways within the village. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | - | Trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Schoharie. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Schoharie due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Schoharie | - | Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Schoharie. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | - | Trees were reported down along State Route 443 near Schoharie due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoharie | - | Large trees and power lines were reported down in Schoharie due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
Maps showing this location
10 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1898 USGS Schoharie quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Schoharie quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
- 1900 USGS Schoharie quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Schoharie quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1946 USGS Schoharie quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Schoharie Valley Railroad Complex | 0.1 miles | 1972 |
 | Schoharie County Courthouse Complex | 0.4 miles | 1995 |
 | Lasell Hall | 0.5 miles | 2002 |
 | St. Paul's Lutheran Church Historic District | 0.5 miles | 2014 |
| Jacob T. Miers House | 0.6 miles | 2015 | |
 | Old Lutheran Parsonage | 0.6 miles | 1972 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100003624 in Record Group 79. |
| Schoharie County | All 52 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.
- 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.