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.
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 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.
Saint Mark's Episcopal Churchlisted 1987 · 0.6 miles away
Chelsea Grammar Schoollisted 1987 · 0.6 miles away
Cornelius Carman Houselisted 1987 · 0.6 miles away
Capt. Moses W. Collyer Houselisted 1987 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 36 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 Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1903 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1936 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Wappinger Falls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Wappingers Falls quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
696 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 388 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 88 |
| Smoking | 69 |
| Natural | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 38 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Graphite Mine No. Hk-019 | Graphite | Past Producer | Graphite | |
| Graphite Mine No. Hk-019 | Graphite | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Rock Quarries No. Hj-018 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-021 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-025 | Stone | Producer | ||
| Cedar Cliff Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Clinton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Limestone Rock Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea | 0.6 miles | 36 | |
| Brockway | 1.4 miles | 36 | |
| Fishkill Landing (historical) | 2.1 miles | 36 | |
| Groveville | 2.4 miles | 36 | |
| Glenham | 2.4 miles | 36 | |
| Beacon | 2.9 miles | 36 | |
| Hughsonville | 3.0 miles | 36 | |
| New Hamburg | 3.0 miles | 36 |
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 Point | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q43080398 | The 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.













