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Beekman, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Beekman town. It lies in ZIP code area 12533. It stands on Whaley Lake Stream. The Survey maps it on the Poughquag quadrangle.

Beekman within Dutchess County

Then and now

1893 to 1993

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Beekman, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Beekman, surveyed 1893

On record in Beekman

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

13 surveys from 32 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

189 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Beekman between 1993 and 2020, burning about 196 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined87
Arson/incendiarism29
Natural23
Debris and open burning20
Smoking17
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Beekman: 34 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese. 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
Pauling Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1825, 1870
Pawling MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Stormville PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Beekman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Beekman Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Billings PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bruzgul PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cheer Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clapp Hill Gravel BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
East PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

10 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beekman in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 lightning, 1 hail. 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
August 2008LightningBeekman$30,000Lightning struck the roof of a garage at a home in Beekman at approximately 1130 LST on Saturday August 2nd. This lightning strike apparently caused an electrical box inside the house to ignite, resulting in a house fire.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindBeekman$5,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBeekman-Many poles, trees, and wires were reported down in the Beekman area. There was one tree down on a shed.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindBeekman-Four trees were downed in the backyard of a home.
June 2011HailBeekman-Golf ball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Beekman.
June 2008Heavy RainBeekman-Urban flooding was reported as blocking northbound and southbound traffic on the Taconic State Parkway between Beekman Road and Route 82 due to heavy rainfall from a thunderstorm.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBeekman-Several trees and wires were downed in Beekman due to strong thunderstorm winds. Damage to a home was reported from downed trees.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindBeekman-Trees and wires were reported down in Beekman due to strong thunderstorm winds. The trees and wires were down on Gardiner Hollow Road and Beekman Road.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindBeekman-Trees were reported down in Beekman due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindBeekman-Trees down

Every storm recorded in Dutchess 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
Sylvan Lake1.2 miles32
Green Haven1.7 miles32
Poughquag1.7 miles32
Chelsea Cove1.8 miles32
Pine Grove Terrace2.0 miles32
Clove Valley2.1 miles32
West Pawling3.2 miles32
Stormville3.3 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 943544. 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.