Briggsville, New York

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.

1892 1986

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 9 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

• John D. Rockefeller EstateNational Historic Landmark · listed 1976 · 0.5 miles away
• Dutch Reformed ChurchNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.5 miles away
• Philipsburg ManorNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.6 miles away
• Edward Harden Mansionlisted 2004 · 0.6 miles away
• Patriot's Parklisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away
• Foster Memorial A.M.E. Zion Churchlisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
• Philipse Manor Railroad Stationlisted 1991 · 0.9 miles away
• Sleepy Hollow Cemeterylisted 2009 · 1.0 miles away
• Music Halllisted 1980 · 1.0 miles away

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.

• 1892 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
• 1893 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1902 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
• 1932 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000
• 1937 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
• 1938 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
• 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1947 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000
• 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1957 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
• 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1967 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
• 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 712 fires within 5 miles of Briggsville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 537 acres in total. 80 started naturally. 51 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Briarcliff Manor
• Claremont
• Fernbrook Park
• Forest Park
• Millwood
• Ossining

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Briggsville: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Copper, Silver, Iron, Chromium, Phosphorus-Phosphates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Westchester County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2556385. 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.