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Ardsley-on-Hudson, New York

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Greenburgh town. It lies in ZIP code area 10533. It stands on North Brook. The Survey maps it on the White Plains quadrangle.

Ardsley-on-Hudson within Westchester County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

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 Ardsley-on-Hudson, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Ardsley-on-Hudson, surveyed 1892

On record in Ardsley-on-Hudson

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 39 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

666 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 666 fires within 5 miles of Ardsley-on-Hudson between 2000 and 2020, burning about 943 acres in total. 65 started naturally. 72 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/undetermined384
Arson/incendiarism72
Natural65
Recreation and ceremony50
Smoking37
Equipment and vehicle use27
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Debris and open burning11
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes2

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
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2003Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ardsley-on-Hudson: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Molybdenum, Rhenium. 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
Dobbs Ferry PlantMolybdenum, Rhenium, Tungsten, TantalumProducer
Taverniere & JohnsonStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1897, 1908
Sparkill Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sparkill PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Westchester 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
Dobbs Ferry0.7 miles39
Irvington1.0 miles39
Chauncey1.7 miles39
Ardsley1.7 miles39
Worthington1.9 miles39
Woodlands1.9 miles39
East Irvington1.9 miles39
Hastings-on-Hudson2.2 miles42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942546. 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.