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Castle Point, New York

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It lies in ZIP code area 12590. It lies near Verplanck Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Wappingers Falls quadrangle. It stands 177 feet above sea level.

Castle Point 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 Castle Point, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Castle Point, surveyed 1893

On record in Castle Point

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 4 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 36 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

696 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 696 fires within 5 miles of Castle Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 831 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 88 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/undetermined388
Arson/incendiarism88
Smoking69
Natural46
Debris and open burning31
Equipment and vehicle use27
Recreation and ceremony19
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Other causes2

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
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.3 acresFire 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
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder 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 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Castle Point: 29 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Clinton QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Graphite Mine No. Hk-019GraphitePast ProducerGraphite
Graphite Mine No. Hk-019GraphitePast Producer
Limestone Rock Quarries No. Hj-018StonePast Producer
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-021StonePast Producer
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-025StoneProducer
Cedar Cliff QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Clinton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Limestone Rock QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working 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
Chelsea0.6 miles36
Brockway1.4 miles36
Fishkill Landing (historical)2.1 miles36
Groveville2.4 miles36
Glenham2.4 miles36
Beacon2.9 miles36
Hughsonville3.0 miles36
New Hamburg3.0 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 Castle PointAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q43080398The 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 945995. 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.