Arthursburg, New York
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in LaGrange town. It lies in ZIP code area 12540. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Valley quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Arthursburg
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Beekman Meeting House and Friends' Cemeterylisted 1989 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 34 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1903 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1936 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pleasant Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
269 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 269 fires within 5 miles of Arthursburg between 1993 and 2020, burning about 257 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 33 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/undetermined | 124 |
| Natural | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Smoking | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 45 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Arthursburg: 37 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material | Clay, Stone | Past Producer | Chert | |
| Stormville Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | Chert | |
| Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | Chert | |
| Borrow Pit | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Beekman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Beekman Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Billings Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arthursburg in 11 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 dust devil, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthursburg | 1 killed | A tree was downed across the northbound lanes of the Taconic State Parkway at mile 43.4. The tree fell on a vehicle, killing a 73-year old male passenger. |
| April 2009 | Dust Devil | Arthursburg | 2 hurt | An apparent dust devil occurred at the Beekman Country Club in East Fishkill, which lifted a golf cart and knocked it over. This injured two men and briefly trapped them as it flipped onto them. They suffered from minor head injuries.||Witnesses and the two golfers reported a funnel cloud and a quick burst of wind at the time of the incident, which was around 1219 LST.||Conditions were otherwise mostly clear at the time of the incident. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Arthursburg | $3,000 | Emans Road at State Route 82 was flooded due to heavy rainfall. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthursburg | - | A tree was downed in LaGrange. |
| January 2024 | Flood | Arthursburg | - | New York Route 82 was closed between Emans Road and Beaver Road in Lagrangeville due to flooding. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthursburg | - | A tree was downed on a car. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthursburg | - | Route 82 was closed in both directions due to downed trees and wires. Wires were also down on a couple of occupied vehicles. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthursburg | - | A tree was reported down on the southbound lane of the Taconic State Parkway near Exit 43A. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthursburg | - | Tree and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthursburg | - | Trees were downed and across the southbond lanes of the Taconic State Parkway between Stringham Road and Arthursburg Road in the town of LaGrange due to thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthursburg | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Hopewell Junction due to thunderstorm winds. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lagrangeville | 1.6 miles | 34 | |
| Chelsea Cove | 1.6 miles | 32 | |
| Hillside Lake | 1.7 miles | 35 | |
| Sylvan Lake | 2.4 miles | 32 | |
| Noxon | 2.5 miles | 34 | |
| Billings | 3.0 miles | 34 | |
| Beekman | 3.3 miles | 32 | |
| Freedom Plains | 3.4 miles | 34 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122594160 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942598. 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.












