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Putnam County, New York

139 topographic sheets cover 74 settlements here, and 49 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

49 National Register listings published here, 2 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

New York within the United States
Putnam County within New York
Explore by year 1854 1887

What the record shows

  • 2,820 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 49 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 38 buildings, 8 districts, 2 structures and 1 site.
  • 7 of the 49 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 74 populated places in this county; 74 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

49

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Birches, Thebuilding198282001259
Boscobelbuilding197777000971
Walter Brewster Housebuilding197878001896
Castle Rockdistrict197777000972
Champlin, H. D., & Son Horseshoeing and Wagonmakingbuilding198282001234
Cold Spring Cemetery Gatehousebuilding198282001236
Cold Spring Historic Districtdistrict198282001235
DeRham Farmbuilding198080002750
J. Y. Dykman Flour and Feed Storebuilding198282001237
J. Y. Dykman Storebuilding198282001238
Eagle's Restbuilding198282001239
Fair Lawnbuilding198282001240
First Baptist Church of Cold Springbuilding198282001241
First National Bank of Brewsterbuilding198887002277
Fish and Fur Clubbuilding198282001242
Garrison Grist Mill Historic Districtdistrict199393001434
Garrison Landing Historic Districtdistrict198282001243
Garrison Union Free Schoolbuilding198282001244
Gilead Cemeterysite198888002684
Glenfieldsbuilding198282001245
Grove, Thebuilding200808001080
House at 249 Main Streetbuilding198982005382
House at 3 Crown Streetbuilding198282001246
Hurst-Pierrepont Estatebuilding198282001247
Hustis Housebuilding198282001248
Indian Brook Road Historic Districtdistrict199393000853
Mandeville Housebuilding198282001251
Manitogadistrict199696001269
Montrestbuilding198282001252
Moore Housebuilding198282001249
Normandy Grangebuilding198282001250
Old Albany Post Roadstructure198282003396
Old Albany Post Roadstructure198282003396
Old Southeast Churchbuilding197272000903
Old Southeast Town Hallbuilding197979001619
Oulagisketbuilding198282001253
Plumbushbuilding199282005386
Putnam County Courthousebuilding197676001264
Reed Memorial Librarybuilding198080002749
Rock Lawn and Carriage Housebuilding198282001254
St. Andrew's Episcopal Churchbuilding199898001427
St. Philip's Church in the Highlandsbuilding199582005391
Walter Thompson House and Carriage Housebuilding198282001255
Tompkins Corners United Methodist Churchbuilding198383001759
Valhalla Highlands Historic Districtdistrict201414000915
Walker Housebuilding198282001256
West Point Foundrydistrict197373001250
Wilson Housebuilding198282001257
Woodlawnbuilding198282001258

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

2

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view, 1887 - 1887 Brewster, N.Y.
Bird's-eye view (1887) - 1887 Brewster, N.Y.. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1854 - Map of Putnam County, New-York
Land ownership map (1854) - Map of Putnam County, New-York. Library of Congress.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

2 of 15 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 15 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Manitou Ranch, Garrison, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Manitou Ranch, Garrison, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Diamond Farm Rotisserie. Albany Post Road, Cold Spring, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Diamond Farm Rotisserie. Albany Post Road, Cold Spring, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

48 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 978 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1944-02-10, scale 1:13600
1944-02-10, scale 1:13600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-04-05, scale 1:17000
1949-04-05, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-04-05, scale 1:17000
1949-04-05, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-04-17, scale 1:17000
1950-04-17, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-04-17, scale 1:17000
1950-04-17, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-05-10, scale 1:24000
1958-05-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-10-29, scale 1:60000
1959-10-29, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-03-22, scale 1:24000
1962-03-22, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-03-22, scale 1:24000
1962-03-22, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-05-28, scale 1:24000
1970-05-28, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-05-28, scale 1:24000
1970-05-28, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-20, scale 1:24000
1971-04-20, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-20, scale 1:24000
1971-04-20, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-20, scale 1:24000
1971-04-20, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-20, scale 1:24000
1971-04-20, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-07, scale 1:19000
1974-04-07, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-07, scale 1:19000
1974-04-07, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1941-10-20, scale 1:28800
1941-10-20, scale 1:28800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1941-10-20, scale 1:28800
1941-10-20, scale 1:28800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1941-10-20, scale 1:28800
1941-10-20, scale 1:28800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1941-10-20, scale 1:28800
1941-10-20, scale 1:28800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1944-02-10, scale 1:13600
1944-02-10, scale 1:13600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-04-05, scale 1:17000
1949-04-05, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-04-05, scale 1:17000
1949-04-05, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-04-25, scale 1:17000
1950-04-25, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-04-25, scale 1:17000
1950-04-25, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-05-10, scale 1:24000
1958-05-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-05-10, scale 1:24000
1958-05-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-05-10, scale 1:24000
1958-05-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-10-29, scale 1:60000
1959-10-29, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-03-22, scale 1:24000
1962-03-22, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-03-22, scale 1:24000
1962-03-22, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-05-28, scale 1:24000
1970-05-28, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-05-28, scale 1:24000
1970-05-28, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-11-10, scale 1:24000
1972-11-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-11-10, scale 1:24000
1972-11-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-11-10, scale 1:24000
1972-11-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-11-10, scale 1:24000
1972-11-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-07, scale 1:19000
1974-04-07, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-07, scale 1:19000
1974-04-07, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-04-07, scale 1:80000
1981-04-07, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-04-07, scale 1:80000
1981-04-07, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-04-07, scale 1:80000
1981-04-07, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1992-06-16, scale 1:66000
1992-06-16, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1992-06-16, scale 1:66000
1992-06-16, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1992-06-16, scale 1:66000
1992-06-16, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1992-06-16, scale 1:66000
1992-06-16, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2001-04-19, scale 1:14400
2001-04-19, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

17 stations, 9 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

31 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 40-1Carmel, unincorporated, comprising parts of Carmel and Kent towns: Carmel, unincorporated - That part in Carmel town Bounded by Town line; Town line, Simpson - Douglas Rd., Hughson Rd., Keim, Stoneleigh Ave.; Drewville Rd.; Gleneida Ave.
  • 40-2Carmel, unincorporated - That part in Carmel town Bounded by Town line; Gleneida Ave.; Drewville Rd.; U.S. Highway 6, Belden Rd., Causeway, West Branch Reservoir
  • 40-3Carmel, unincorporated - That part in Kent town Bounded by Nichols, Towner's Rd.; Town line; Town line; West Branch Reservoir
  • 40-4CN/A
  • 40-4BN/A
  • 40-4AN/A
  • 40-5Carmel town - That part outside Carmel, unincorporated Bounded by Drewville Rd., Stoneleigh Ave., Keim, Hughson Rd.; Town line; Town line; U.S. Highway 6 (See separate map for boundaries of Carmel, unincorporated) (Remainder of Carmel town is in Carmel, unincorporated)
  • 40-6BLake Carmel, unincorporated - That part in Kent town Bounded by Ludington Rd.; Unnamed Rd., Route 52; Nichols Rd.; Horse Pond Rd., Bowen Rd.
  • 40-6ALake Carmel, unincorporated - That part in Kent town Bounded by State Highway 311, Unnamed Rd., County Highway 35A; Town line; Towners Rd.; Route 52
  • 40-7Lake Carmel, unincorporated - That part in Patterson town Bounded by County Highway 35A, State Highway 311; Patterson Highway; Towner's Rd.; Town line
  • 40-8Kent town - That part outside the unincorporated places of Carmel and Lake Carmel Bounded by Town line; Town line, County Rd. 35A, Ludington Rd., Bowen Rd., Horse Pond Rd., Nichols, West Branch Reservoir; Town line; Town line (See separate maps for the boundaries of the unincorporated places of Carmel and Lake Carmel) (Remainder of Kent town is in the unincorporated places of Carmel and Lake Carmel)
  • 40-9Putnam Lake, unincorporated, comprising parts of Patterson and Southeast towns: Putnam Lake, unincorporated - That part in Patterson town Bounded by Haviland Hollow Rd.; State line; Town line; East Branch Rd.
  • 40-10Putnam Lake, unincorporated - That part in Southeast town Bounded by Town line; State line; Sherwood Hill Rd.; East Branch Rd.
  • 40-11Patterson town - That part outside the unincorporated places of Lake Carmel and Putnam Lake Bounded by Town line; Town line, Haviland Hollow Rd., East Branch Rd.; Town line; Town line, Towner's Rd., Patterson Highway, County Rd. 35A, Town line (See separate map for boundaries of the unincorporated places of Lake Carmel and Putnam Lake) (Remainder of Patterson town is in the unincorporated places of Lake Carmel and Putnam Lake)
  • 40-12Philipstown town: Cold Spring village: Cold Spring village - That part east of Main
  • 40-13Philipstown town - Cold Spring village - That part west of Main
  • 40-14Nelsonville village
  • 40-15Philipstown town - That part north of Indian Brook and west of U.S. Highway 9, outside Cold Spring and Nelsonville villages
  • 40-16Philipstown town - That part east of U.S. Highway 9, excluding Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, Saint John's Atonement Seminary and Saint Christopher's Inn
  • 40-17Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, including Saint John's Atonement Seminary and Saint Christopher's Inn (In Philipstown town)
  • 40-18Philipstown town - That part south of Indian Brook and west of U.S. Highway 9, excluding Monastery of Mary Immaculate and House of Philosophy of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
  • 40-19Monastery of Mary Immaculate and House of Philosophy of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (In Philipstown town)
  • 40-20BPutnam Valley town - That part Bounded by Boundary of Lake Peekskill development; Boundary of Lake Peekskill development; Unnamed stream, Lake Peekskill, line extending from Lake Peekskill to Tanglewylde Rd., Short St., Short St. extended; Boundary of Lake Peekskill development
  • 40-20CEMPTY
  • 40-20APutnam Valley town - That part excluding Enumeration District 40-20B
  • 40-21Southeast town, outside Putnam Lake, unincorporated: Brewster village: Brewster village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Village limits, East Branch of Croton River; Main; Progress, Prospect Ave., Maple Ave., N. Main
  • 40-22Southeast town - Brewster village - That part Bounded by Village limits; N. Main, Maple Ave., Prospect Ave., Progress, Main, Railroad Ave.; Village limits; Village limits
  • 40-23Southeast town - Brewster village - That part Bounded by Main, East Branch of Croton River, Village limits; Village limits; Village limits; Railroad Ave.
  • 40-24Southeast town - Brewster Station, unincorporated Bounded by Unnamed road, Unnamed road, Tonetta Lake Way, Tonetta Lake Rd.; Brewster Hill Rd.; New York State Highway 22; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
  • 40-25Southeast town - That part outside Brewster village and the unincorporated places of Brewster Station and Putnam Lake Bounded by Town line; East Branch Rd., Sherwood Hill Rd., Town line; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Brewster village limits, State Highway 22, Brewster Hill Rd., Tonetta Lake Rd., Tonetta Lake Way, Unnamed road, Unnamed road, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Brewster village limits, New York Central Railroad (Putnam Branch) (See separate maps for boundaries of the unincorporated places of Brewster Station and Putnam Lake)
  • 40-26Southeast town - That part outside Brewster village Bounded by New York Central Railroad (Putnam Branch), Brewster village limits, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; Town line; Town line; Town line

Wildfire, 1993 to 2020

1,160 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,160 of them, burning about 1,335 acres. 118 started naturally and 151 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined551
Arson/incendiarism151
Natural118
Smoking114
Debris and open burning94
Equipment and vehicle use43
Power generation/transmission/distribution37
Recreation and ceremony28
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Other causes3

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 March 2009Arson/incendiarism70 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 November 2001Smoking40 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
13 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
23 April 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
9 March 2020Debris and open burning28 acresNew York Forest RangersDEAN ROAD FIRE
7 July 1999Natural25 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
1 November 2001Smoking23 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
16 April 2015Debris and open burning21 acresNew York Forest RangersBLUEBERRY HILL FIRE

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1968 to 2025

60 of 239 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 239 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 13 injuries and about $28,416,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind148
Hail33
Flash Flood24
Heavy Rain16
Tornado6
Lightning6
Flood4
Funnel Cloud2

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1997Thunderstorm WindCarmel7 hurtno account filed
July 1989Tornado (F2)not stated5 hurt, $25,000,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindLake Mahopac1 hurt, $20,000A tree fell on a car with three occupants on Route 6N in Mahopac between Secor Road and Parker Drive. One person was taken to a hospital and the other two refused treatment.
September 1999Flash FloodCountywide$1,900,000no account filed
July 2002LightningMahopac Falls$500,000Lightning strikes caused several fires in the area, including a circa 1910 colonial home on Rock Ledge Place. About 1400 customers lost power due to these storms.
May 2018Tornado (EF2)Ludingtonville$250,000Based on a National Weather Service storm survey, done in|conjunction with the Putnam County Bureau of Emergency |Services, is been determined that an EF2 tornado with estimated |peak winds of 115 mph moved through Kent, New York. The tornado|originated near apartments at 1213 New York Route 52. It continued|down NY State Route 52, damaging some roofs in the strip mall at |the intersection of Route 52 and Farmers Mill Road, where it also|knocked down portions of the parapet above the Dunkin Donuts, and|snapped and uprooted some trees. The tornado lifted near 52 Bowen|Road in Kent. The most extensive damage was along Schuykill |Court, where dozens of large trees were uprooted and snapped, with|a convergent pattern to most of the fallen trees. Based on this |damage, the tornado was classified as an EF2, with estimated |maximum winds of around 115 mph.
July 1971Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 2018Tornado (EF1)Haviland Hollow$100,000Based on a National Weather Service storm survey, done in|conjunction with the Putnam County Bureau of Emergency Services,|is been determined that an EF1 tornado with estimated peak winds |of 100 mph moved along a discontinuous path through Patterson, New|York. The tornado originated along NY State Route 22, north of |the intersection with Haviland Hollow Road, near the Watchtower |Educational Center. The tornado then tracked along East Branch|Road, turned left toward Putnam Lake, then lifted near the |intersection of East Branch Road and Fairfield Drive. The storm |snapped multiple trees along its path, not all of it continuous. |The most extensive damage occurred in the general vicinity of 706|East Branch Road, where multiple trees were uprooted and snapped,|lying in a convergent pattern, and where leaves were splattered on|three sides of the house. Based on this information, the tornado|was classified as an EF1 with estimated maximum winds of 100 mph.
August 2008LightningMilltown$75,000Lightning struck a 19th century barn on Burdick Road in Milltown, destroying the barn and an antique truck in the barn.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindLake Carmel$30,000no account filed
June 1990Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
August 1968Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindSodom$10,000Tree on a house at Vales Grove.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBrewster$10,000Tree on a house on Maple Road.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindPutnam Lake$10,000Tree on a house on Lake Shore Drive.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindMahopac Arpt$10,000A tree with large branches fell on a school bus on Agor Lane in Mahopac with 25 childeren and a driver inside. No injuries. Power company and highway department arrived on scene shortly after.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindLake Mahopac$10,000Numerous trees snapped and uprooted and power lines down.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCarmel$10,000Numerous trees and power lines down through the town.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindBrewster$10,000Multiple large trees reported down on power lines.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBrewster$7,500Many trees and wires were reported down just northwest of Brewster along Drewville Road.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCarmel$7,500Multiple trees and wires were reported down throughout Carmel.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCold Spgs$7,500A tree fell onto a car at Little Stony Point in Hudson Highlands State Park.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindCarmel$7,500Numerous trees were reported down throughout town.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCrafts$5,000Multiple trees down across the south portion of town on Stoneleigh Avenue, Drewville Road, Weber Hill Road and Seminary Hill Road near Willow Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindLudingtonville$5,000Tree down on a transformer.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindGarrison$5,000Sheriff's dispatcher reports multiple trees and power lines down along Route 9 near Garrison, NY. Time estimated by radar.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindLake Carmel$5,000Trees down on Woodstock Road.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindPatterson$5,000Trees were reported down on wires along Route 311 in Patterson.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindMilltown$5,000Trees were reported down on I-84 just west of the New York-Connecticut border.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindKent Cliffs$5,000A tree fell on a car along the Taconic State Parkway in Kent.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBrewster$5,000Power lines and poles were reported down in the community of Drewville Heights.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindPutnam Vly$5,000Multiple trees were reported down throughout Putnam Valley.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindGraymoor$5,000Multiple trees were reported down on US Highway 9 in Graymoor.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindNelsonville$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were reported down in Fishkill.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindGarrison$3,000Tree fell on road and partially brought down power line.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCarmel$3,000Trees down with wires on Belden Road.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindNelsonville$3,000Police Department reports wires down near Maple Terrace and Ceder Street.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBrewster$3,000A tree and wires down on Peaceable Hill Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLake Secor$3,000Trees and power lines were reported down at the intersection of Wood Street and Goldfinch Lane just northeast of Donald J. Trump State Park.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLake Carmel$3,000Multiple trees were reported down around Lake Carmel.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBrewster$3,000Scattered trees were reported down in Brewster.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMahopac$3,000Multiple trees were reported down across Mahopac, including one tree down at the corner of Richard Road and Tanya Lane.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBrewster$3,000Trees were reported down throughout the town.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindGarrison$3,000Trees were reported down in Glenclyffe, including along Route 9D and Route 403.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHaviland Hollow$3,000A large tree was reported down across Route 22.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindNelsonville$3,000Three trees were down at the intersection of State route 301 and Glynwood Road in Fahnestock State Park.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindOsoawana Corners$2,500Trees were reported down on Canopus Hill Road, east of Route 9.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindTompkins Corners$2,500A tree was down across the northbound lanes of the Taconic State Parkway near the Pudding Street Exit.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindGraymoor$2,000Large branch down on power lines.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindLake Mahopac$2,000Wires down on Indian Hill Road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSodom$2,000Wires reported down across Star Ridge road near route 202.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindCarmel$2,000Trees and wires down along Route 52 with at least one power pole snapped.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindOscawana Lake$2,000A tree was reported down on wires just southeast of Oscawana Lake at 459 Oscawana Lake Road.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMahopac$2,000One tree was reported down in Mahopac. In addition, large branches and limbs were reported down on Sheryl Lane and Russ Road.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindLake Mahopac$2,000A tree was downed on Rebecca Lane, as well as numerous 1 to 2 inch diameter tree limbs on Sheryl Street.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCarmel$2,000Numerous trees were downed.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindMilltown$1,500A tree was reported downed northeast of Brewster Hill at the intersection of Routes 312 and 22.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindLake Peekskill$1,500A tree was reported down, blocking part of Oscawana Lake Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindKent Cliffs$1,000Tree down in Fahnestock State Park blocking the road to campsite.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCrafts$1,000Tree down on Shear Hill Road.

Mines and quarries

94 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 94 workings inside this county. 5 still produce and 89 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Iron46
Stone9
Titanium, Metal6
Sand and Gravel, Construction6
Iron, Titanium5
Iron, Sulfur4
Marble, Dimension4
Sulfur3
Copper, Sulfur3
Arsenic3
Molybdenum2
Lead2
Stone, Dimension2
Stone, Crushed/Broken2

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chalmers Fahnestock Uranium ClaimsUraniumProspect
Cotton Rock Stilbite DepositZeolitesOccurrence
Denny MineTitanium, IronProspect
Hustis QuarryTitaniumOccurrence
Kinnaird Graphite Property DepositGraphiteOccurrence
Nathaniel Bradley's Limonite PitsIron, ManganesePast ProducerLimonite
Phillips MineMolybdenum, UraniumOccurrenceReplacement
Phillips Sulfide, Magnetite MineIron, Uranium, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, SulfurPast Producer
Phillips Sulfide, Magnetite, and Uranium MineIron, Sulfur, Copper, Nickel, Uranium, Gold, SilverPast Producer1839, 1865
Putnam County Arsenic MineArsenic, Sulfur, Iron, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Putnam County Arsenic MineArsenic, Copper, Iron, SulfurPast Producer
Sing Sing Ag MineLead, Silver, Iron, CopperPast Producer
Sing Sing Silver MineLead, Copper, Silver, Iron, Chromium, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast ProducerChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Silver
Constitution Island OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
Croton Magnetite Iron MinesIron, CopperPast Producer1880
Marble Rock Quarry No. Gk-011Stone, DimensionPast Producer
N. Bradley's Limonite PitIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Nathaniel Bradley's Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Patterson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Patterson Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Probably Serpentine Marble Rock Quarry No. Hk-022Stone, DimensionPast ProducerMarble
Tilly FosterMolybdenumOccurrenceMagnetite, Molybdenite
Brown's QuarryArsenicOccurrence
Croft Magnetite MineIron, SulfurPast ProducerMagnetite, Pyrite
Croton - Theall Magnetite MineIron, Copper, SulfurPast Producer1880, 1883
Croton-Mc Collum Magnetite MineIron, Copper, SulfurPast Producer1843, 1880
Croton-Theall Magnetite MineIron, Copper, SulfurPast Producer
Hobby Pyritiferous OreIron, SulfurProspect
Putman Co. As MineArsenic, Iron, SulfurPast ProducerVein
Towners Pyrite DepositSulfurOccurrence
Croft MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Hobby Pyritiferous Ore OpeningIron, SulfurPast ProducerUnknown
Marble Rock Quarry No. 6kMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Serpentine Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Serpentine Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Serpentine Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Canada MineIron, TitaniumPast Producer
Canopus MineIron, TitaniumPast Producer1912
Pratt MineIron, TitaniumPast Producer
Sackett MineIron, TitaniumPast Producer
Stewart MineIron, TitaniumPast Producer
Brewster MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Canada Magnetite MineIron, Titanium, MetalPast ProducerMagnetite
Canopus Nelson Magnetite MineIron, Titanium, MetalPast Producer1912
Denny Magnetite MineIron, Titanium, MetalPast Producer
Leemac PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Leemac Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
North Highlands PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pratt Magnetite MineIron, Titanium, MetalPast Producer
Sackett Magnetite MineIron, Titanium, MetalPast Producer
Stewart Sunk Magnetite MineIron, Titanium, MetalPast Producer1825
Wood Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Wood Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Granitic Gneiss Rock QuarryStonePast Producer
Granitic Gneiss Rock QuarryStonePast Producer
Granitic Gneiss Rock QuarryStonePast Producer
Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Gk-013StonePast Producer
Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Hk-025StonePast Producer
Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Hk-026StoneProducerGranite
Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Hk-027StonePast Producer
Probably Serpentine Marble Rock Quarry No. Hk-023StonePast ProducerMarble, Serpentine
Probably Serpentine Marble Rock Quarry No. Hk-024StonePast ProducerMarble, Serpentine
Blackberry Magnetite MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Blackberry Magnetite MineIronPast Producer
Blackberry/Mahopac MinesIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Brady Farm ShaftIronProspect
Brewster Magnetite MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Brewster MinesIronPast Producer1810
Brewster/Tilly Foster MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Canada MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Clover Hill Magnetite MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Coal Grove Magnetite MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Coal Grove Magnetite MineIronPast Producer
Croft MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Croton-Theall/Croton-Mccollum MinesIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Harvey PitIronProspect
Hatfield AditIronProspect
Kemble Magnetite MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Kemble Magnetite MineIronPast Producer
Kemble Mine/Coal Grove/Canopus MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Magnetite Mine No. Gk-012IronPast ProducerMagnetite
Magnetite Mine No. Gk-012IronPast Producer
Mahopac Magnetite MineIronPast Producer1825, 1879
Mahopac MineIronPast Producer1879
Sackett Mine/Pratt/Denny/Stewartsunk MinesIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Tilly Foster Magnetite MineIronPast Producer1830, 1864
Tilly Foster MineIronPast Producer1864
Travis' Magnetite MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Travis' Magnetite MineIronPast Producer
Travis' Mine/Clover Hill/Unnamed MinesIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Unnamed Magnetite MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed Magnetite Mine Dep. No. 17IronPast ProducerMagnetite
Unnamed MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Vivian PitIronProspect

Every populated place in the county

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Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Putnam County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.