Built in 1861. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1906.
From the record
“Hillside Cemetery is located on Mulberry Street in Middletown, New York, United States. Opened in 1861, it was designed in the rural cemetery style by Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted, later noted for their collaboration on Central Park.”
Wikipedia article Hillside Cemetery (Middletown, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 187 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 1994 · category: Site · built in 1861.
National Register reference number.94001027- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
688 since 1995
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 688 fires within 5 miles of Hillside Cemetery
between 1995 and 2020, burning about 496 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 79 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
475
Arson/incendiarism
79
Debris and open burning
48
Natural
35
Equipment and vehicle use
21
Smoking
16
Power generation/transmission/distribution
8
Misuse of fire by a minor
3
Recreation and ceremony
2
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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
5 workings within 5 miles of Hillside Cemetery: 3 past producers, 2 producers.
2 still produce. What was taken out: 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Middletown, the town this property stands in, in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado.
The reports record 1 injury. 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.
Many trees and wires were reported down throughout Middletown, causing multiple accidents. One tree landed on a garage, causing it to collapse, resulting in one injury. In addition, a piece of the roof of Middletown High School was blown off, protective tiles covering the football field were damaged, windows were blown out at some commercial buildings near the High School, and at least one tree fell on the roof of a car.
In New Hampton, I-84 was closed at Dolson Ave. due to flooding. Additionally, a portion of Dolson Ave. was closed due to flooding, including the intersection of Dolsontown Rd. and Dolson Avenue. Basement flooding was also reported in Middletown.
Numerous basements had to be pumped in residental areas of Middletown and Washingtonville due to flooding. Route 78 near Aspin Rd and Wisner Avenue were also closed due to flooding. The ASOS at Montgomery Airport, KMGJ, recorded a total rainfall amount of 2.55 inches.
United 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.
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.
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.
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