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2023 Map of Cementon

Name: 2023 Topographic Map of Cementon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2023
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2023

About this map

The Hudson River serves as the central artery for this Hudson Valley landscape, defining the corridor between the Catskill foothills and the eastern riverbank. In the industrial hamlet of Cementon, the terrain transitions from the lowlands of the Great Vly toward the prominent elevations of Timmerman Hill and Bethel Ridge. The river itself is partitioned into distinctive reaches and coves, including North German Town Reach and Inbocht Bay, which separate the mainland from river features like Bush Island and Wanton Island.

Away from the water, the settlement pattern reveals a series of historic crossroads and agricultural flats. Significant genealogical sites are concentrated near the northern and eastern settlements, notably Jefferson Rural Cem and Saint Patricks Cem in Jefferson Heights, and the Methodist Cem in Germantown. The interior landscape is drained by a dense network of waterways including Kiskatom Brook and Kaaterskill Creek, which wind through the Kiskatom Flats toward the river, illustrating the complex drainage of the Greene County and Ulster County borderlands.