Bronxville, New York
42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Eastchester town. It lies in ZIP code area 10708. It stands on Grassy Sprain Brook. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vernon quadrangle.
Then and now
1891 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1891 against another survey:
On record in Bronxville
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 5 records
Bronxville Womens' Clublisted 2007
Lawrence Park Historic Districtlisted 1980
Masterton-Dusenberry Houselisted 1980
US Post Office-Bronxvillelisted 1988- Bronx River Parkway Reservationlisted 1991
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 42 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.
- 1891 USGS Harlem quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Harlem quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1898 USGS Harlem quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Harlem quadrangle1:62500, 16 printings
- 1947 USGS Mt Vernon quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1,179 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,179 fires within 5 miles of Bronxville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 608 acres in total. 79 started naturally. 112 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 | 782 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 112 |
| Natural | 79 |
| Smoking | 75 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 62 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bronxville: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Tellurium, Selenium, Palladium, Platinum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Laurel Hill Refinery | Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Tellurium, Selenium, Palladium, Platinum | Plant |
Storms near this place
13 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bronxville in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 6 flash flood, 3 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronxville | $15,000 | A microburst impacted the city of Mount Vernon, bringing down large trees, with the most significant damage on Packman Avenue. Based upon the survey, winds with the microburst were estimated from 65 to 75 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronxville | $3,000 | A few trees were reported down in Bronxville. |
| April 2018 | Flash Flood | Bronxville | - | The northbound Sprain Brook Parkway was closed due to flooding in Yonkers. |
| April 2018 | Flash Flood | Bronxville | - | The Bronx River Parkway was closed at Exit 1 in Bronxville due to flooding. |
| October 2016 | Flood | Bronxville | - | The Bronx River Parkway was closed due to flooding from the Sprain Brook Parkway to the County Center in White Plains. |
| December 2014 | Flood | Bronxville | - | The Bronx River Pkwy. was closed between exit 21 and the Sprain Brook Pkwy. in Scarsdale due to flooding. |
| March 2010 | Flood | Bronxville | - | The Hutchinson River Pkwy was closed in both directions between the Cross County Pkwy in Pelham and the Bronx-Westchester County border. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Bronxville | - | Several entrance ramps were closed on the Hutchinson River Pkwy. and the Cross County Pkwy. in Mount Vernon due to flooding. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Bronxville | - | The Sprain Brook Pkwy (southbound) was closed where it merges with the Bronx River Pkwy. in Mount Vernon due to flooding. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Bronxville | - | The Hutchinson River Parkway was closed at Cross County Parkway in New Rochelle due to flooding. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Bronxville | - | Bronx River Parkway closed due to flash flooding. |
| September 2003 | Heavy Rain | Bronxville | - | Periods of heavy rain resulted in small rivers overflowing their banks onto adjacent roads, which resulted in road closures.In Westchester County, the Bronx River overflowed its' banks onto sections of the Bronx River Parkway. A section of the parkway that runs under Palmer Road on the Yonkers Bronxville Border was submerged to the roadway guard rail. Westchester County police reported that sections of the Bronx River Parkway, including the Main Street Exit in White Plains (both north and south bound) were closed. Flooding also occurred near Palmer Road and the Scout Field Area near Midland Ave. The Saw Mill River Parkway at Manville Road in Pleasantville was also closed. |
| November 1997 | Hail | Bronxville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny Brae | 0.7 miles | 42 | |
| Moorelands | 0.7 miles | 42 | |
| Cedar Knolls | 0.8 miles | 42 | |
| Tuckahoe | 0.9 miles | 42 | |
| Lawrence Park | 0.9 miles | 42 | |
| Elmsmere | 0.9 miles | 42 | |
| Fleetwood | 0.9 miles | 42 | |
| Gunther Park | 1.1 miles | 42 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944824. 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.














