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Photograph of Cragsmoor Historic District
Photograph by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Cragsmoor Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.

From the record

“The Cragsmoor Historic District in a historic district that includes most of the Cragsmoor hamlet atop the Shawangunk Ridge in the Town of Wawarsing, part of Ulster County, New York, United States. It is roughly bounded by Henry, Cragsmoor and Sam's Point roads, a Y-shaped area of 3,620 acres (14.5 km²).”

Wikipedia article Cragsmoor Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 209 National Register listings published here for Ulster County · listed in 1996 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Fires near this property

151 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Cragsmoor Historic District between 2000 and 2020, burning about 4,919 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined61
Arson/incendiarism31
Debris and open burning20
Natural14
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2020Recreation and ceremony1.6 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
26 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Cragsmoor Historic District: 3 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Lead, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Wawarsing PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ellenville MineZinc, LeadPast ProducerVein
Ellenville MineZinc, LeadProspect
Sun Ray Tunnel DepositZinc, LeadProspect
Ulster Mine Near Spring GlenLead, ZincPast ProducerVein
Spring Glen DepositZincProspect

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this property

8 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wawarsing, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWawarsing-Local fire department reported a downed tree blocking Route 209.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWawarsing-Local fire department reported a tree down on wires at Eastern Correctional Facility.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWawarsing-Two trees were downed in Napanoch.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindWawarsing-Trees and wires were downed.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWawarsing-Trees and wires were downed.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWawarsing-Trees were reported down in Napanoch due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWawarsing-Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Wawarsing.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWawarsing-Multiple trees and wires were reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds in Wawarsing.

Every storm recorded in Ulster County

Maps showing this location

11 surveys

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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Chetolah0.6 miles1980
Spring Glen Synagogue2.7 miles1999
Christ Lutheran Church and Parsonage3.3 miles2010
US Post Office-Ellenville3.4 miles1988
Ellenville Downtown Historic District3.5 miles2012
Van Keuren, Benjamin House Ruin3.9 miles2000

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 96000860 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Ulster CountyAll 209 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.