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Armonk, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1998. It stands in North Castle town. It lies in ZIP code area 10504. It lies near The Flat. The Survey maps it on the Mount Kisco quadrangle.

Armonk within Westchester County

Then and now

1892 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Armonk, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Armonk, surveyed 1892

Compare 1892 against another survey:

On record in Armonk

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 35 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

287 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 287 fires within 5 miles of Armonk between 2000 and 2020, burning about 259 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined122
Natural39
Recreation and ceremony31
Smoking25
Arson/incendiarism24
Equipment and vehicle use17
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Debris and open burning11
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
8 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Debris and open burning3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2014Missing 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Armonk: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Peat. 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
Armonk PlantPeatPast ProducerPeat
Lake Street Granite MineGraniteProducer
Lake Street Granite QuarryGranitePast ProducerGranite

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this place

9 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Armonk in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. 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
May 2018Thunderstorm WindArmonk$3,000Multiple trees were reported down across the town.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindArmonk$1,000Large tree down blocking the left exit lane on Interstate 684 southbound just north of Route 22.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindArmonk$1,000Downed tree on NY 120 both directions north of Armonk-Bedford Rd.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindArmonk$750A tree was reported down on Whippoorwill Crossing in Armonk.
August 2003Flash FloodArmonk-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindArmonk-no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindArmonk-no account filed
May 1998HailArmonk-no account filed
July 1998LightningArmonk-no account filed

Every storm 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
North Castle1.8 miles35
Windmill Farm2.3 miles35
Sherman Park3.2 miles40
Thornwood3.5 miles39
Chappaqua3.5 miles40
Pleasantville4.2 miles40
Quarry Heights4.4 miles39
Hawthorne4.5 miles39

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942567. 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.