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Archdale, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Easton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12834. It lies near Herrington Hill. The Survey maps it on the Cambridge quadrangle.

Archdale within Washington County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Archdale, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Archdale, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

105 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Archdale between 1993 and 2019, burning about 109 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined59
Debris and open burning25
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 June 2006Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Archdale: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Dolomite, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Peckham Materials Corp.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Plant Number 31Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed OccurrenceLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer1845
Unnamed OccurrenceLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer1845
Unnamed OccurrenceLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1845

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

2 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Archdale in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2025: 2 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 2025Thunderstorm WindArchdale-A tree was downed on County Route 74A near Greenwich.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindArchdale-Trees and wires were downed on Stump Church Road.

Every storm recorded in Washington County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Fly Summit1.4 miles27
North Cambridge1.7 miles27
Center Cambridge3.0 miles29
West Cambridge3.0 miles29
North Easton4.0 miles26
Greenwich4.1 miles27
Coila4.2 miles27
South Easton4.3 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972172. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.