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One of 93 National Register listings published here for Rockland County · listed in 2016 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
USCO Church, The
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 21 Church St., Garnerville, 10923
- When was it listed? May 2016
- Category. building
- Town. Haverstraw town
- Architectural style. Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada, Gothic Revival
- National Register reference number. 16000225 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
997 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 997 fires within 5 miles of USCO Church, The between 1995 and 2020, burning about 2,124 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 99 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 | 641 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 99 |
| Smoking | 85 |
| Natural | 47 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
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 |
| 9 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of USCO Church, The: 13 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Emery, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladentown Copper Deposit | Copper, Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| Stony Point Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Montrose Emery Prospects | Emery | Past Producer | Corundum, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Spinel | |
| Montrose Emery Prospects | Emery | Prospect | ||
| Haverstraw Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Haverstraw Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Tompkins Cove Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Tompkins Cove Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Clay Pit No. Hl-006 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit No. Hl-006 | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garnerville, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2018: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garnerville | $3,000 | A tree down blocking Filors Lane. Also a few other reports of trees down elsewhere around town. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garnerville | $1,500 | Wires were reported down in Stony Point and Garnerville. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garnerville | $1,500 | A large tree fell into a pool in the town of Garnerville. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garnerville | - | Large branches were reported down across Major Andre Drive. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Garnerville | - | The intersection of Thiells Rd. and Willow Grove Rd. was closed due to flooding in Stony Point. |
Maps showing this location
15 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.
- 1892 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1902 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500 - 11 printings
- 1937 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS Haverstraw quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Haverstraw quadrangle1:31680 - 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Haverstraw quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Haverstraw quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Haverstraw quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000 - 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockland Print Works | 0.2 miles | 2013 | |
| Fraser-Hoyer House | 0.5 miles | 1976 | |
| Henry M. Peck House | 0.5 miles | 2000 | |
| J. Garner West House | 1.0 miles | 2022 | |
 | Homestead | 1.8 miles | 1983 |
 | Henry Varnum Poor House | 1.9 miles | 2007 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000225 in Record Group 79. |
| Rockland County | All 93 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.