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Brinckerhoff, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Fishkill town. It lies in ZIP code area 12524. It lies near Watch Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hopewell Junction quadrangle. 3,377 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 220 feet above sea level.

Brinckerhoff 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 Brinckerhoff, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Brinckerhoff, surveyed 1893

Population over time

2 figures

Brinckerhoff grew from 2,900 to 3,377 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,900
20203,377+477 (+16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

505 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 505 fires within 5 miles of Brinckerhoff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 777 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 85 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/undetermined223
Arson/incendiarism85
Smoking57
Natural44
Debris and open burning31
Equipment and vehicle use20
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Recreation and ceremony13
Power generation/transmission/distribution13

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
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Brinckerhoff: 21 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Clay, Stone. 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
Limestone Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Probably Borrow Pit of Limestone Or Unconsolidated MaterialStone, ClayPast Producer
Borrow PitStone, ClayPast Producer
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-025StoneProducer
Clay Pit No. Hj-022ClayPast ProducerClay
Clay Pit No. Hj-022ClayPast Producer
Limonite Mine No. Hj-024IronPast ProducerLimonite
Limonite Mine No. Hj-024.IronPast Producer
Mase's Limonite MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Mase's Limonite MineIronPast ProducerLimonite

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

10 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brinckerhoff in 10 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBrinckerhoff-A tree was uprooted and downed on a house.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBrinckerhoff-A social media post was received of a snapped tree near Fishkill.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBrinckerhoff-Route 82 at Lomala Road is closed due to downed trees on wires.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindBrinckerhoff-Law enforcement reported downed trees.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindBrinckerhoff-A tree and power pole were downed on Cherry Lane in Fishkill.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBrinckerhoff-Trees and wires were downed.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBrinckerhoff-Trees were downed on Route 82 near Hopewell Junction due to thunderstorm winds. The downed trees resulted in a brief closure of the roadway between Lomala Road and Old Hopewell Road.
June 2011HailBrinckerhoff-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Fishkill.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBrinckerhoff-Several trees and power lines were reported down in Fishkill due to strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2009HailBrinckerhoff-Nickel size hail was reported near Fishkill during a thunderstorm.

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
Wiccopee1.2 miles35
Swartoutville1.7 miles35
Fishkill1.7 miles36
Lomala1.8 miles35
Birchwood Park2.2 miles36
Glenham3.5 miles36
East Fishkill3.9 miles35
Beacon Hills4.0 miles36

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.

Wikipedia article on BrinckerhoffAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3248581The 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 972261. 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.