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.
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 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
Murphy Grist Milllisted 2015
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 32 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 Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Poughquag quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Poughquag quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
189 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 87 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
| 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 |
| 17 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 1 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 42 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pauling Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1825, 1870 | |
| Pawling Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Stormville Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Beekman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Beekman Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Billings Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bruzgul Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cheer Farm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Clapp Hill Gravel Bank | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| East Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Lightning | Beekman | $30,000 | Lightning 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beekman | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beekman | - | Many poles, trees, and wires were reported down in the Beekman area. There was one tree down on a shed. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beekman | - | Four trees were downed in the backyard of a home. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Beekman | - | Golf ball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Beekman. |
| June 2008 | Heavy Rain | Beekman | - | 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beekman | - | Several trees and wires were downed in Beekman due to strong thunderstorm winds. Damage to a home was reported from downed trees. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beekman | - | 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beekman | - | Trees were reported down in Beekman due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beekman | - | Trees down |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvan Lake | 1.2 miles | 32 | |
| Green Haven | 1.7 miles | 32 | |
| Poughquag | 1.7 miles | 32 | |
| Chelsea Cove | 1.8 miles | 32 | |
| Pine Grove Terrace | 2.0 miles | 32 | |
| Clove Valley | 2.1 miles | 32 | |
| West Pawling | 3.2 miles | 32 | |
| Stormville | 3.3 miles | 32 |
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.












