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Chappaqua, New York

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in New Castle town. It lies in ZIP code area 10514. It stands on Tercia Brook. The Survey maps it on the Ossining quadrangle.

Chappaqua within Westchester County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

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.

Topographic sheet of Chappaqua, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Chappaqua, surveyed 1892

On record in Chappaqua

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 6 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 40 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

442 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 442 fires within 5 miles of Chappaqua between 2000 and 2020, burning about 349 acres in total. 61 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined197
Natural61
Smoking39
Debris and open burning37
Recreation and ceremony36
Equipment and vehicle use25
Arson/incendiarism24
Power generation/transmission/distribution19
Misuse of fire by a minor4

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
8 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Debris and open burning3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Chappaqua: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Vanadium, Lead, Peat. 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
Armonk PlantPeatPast ProducerPeat
Ossining AreaVanadium, LeadOccurrenceVanadinite
Ackerman's Limonite MineIronPast ProducerLimonite
Ackerman's Limonite MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Ackerman's Limonite MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this place

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chappaqua in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 4 flash flood, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2009Thunderstorm WindChappaqua$3,000New York Route 120 was closed between Pine Cliff and Commodore Roads due to downed trees and tree limbs in the town of Chappaqua.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindChappaqua$1,000Tree down on NY 120 at Commodore Road.
September 2023Flash FloodChappaqua-Route 117 closed due to flooding between Orchard Road and North Way.
July 2014Flash FloodChappaqua-North Greeley Ave. was closed in Chappaqua due to flooding.
July 2008Flash FloodChappaqua-The Saw Mill River Parkway was impassable at exit 32. A Skywarn spotter in the town of Chappaqua recorded 1.17 inches of rainfall in 45 minutes between 7 and 8 pm.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindChappaqua-Investigation of the damage by a NWS Meteorologist determined that the damage that occurred was also the result of straight line winds. Estimated wind speeds were at least 70 mph. The most widespread damage observed was from Chappaqua to Bedford Hills to Pound ridge.|
August 2011HailChappaqua-no account filed
May 1996Flash FloodChappaqua-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Westchester 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
Sherman Park2.3 miles40
Pleasantville2.4 miles40
Tompkins Corners2.4 miles40
Thornwood2.6 miles39
Millwood2.8 miles40
Briarcliff Manor3.3 miles40
Buckhout Corners3.4 miles40
Graham3.4 miles39

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946393. 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.