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.
Then and now
1892 to 1986The 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.


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
Chappaqua Railroad Depot and Depot Plazalisted 1979
Church of Saint Mary the Virgin and Greeley Grovelisted 1979
Greeley Houselisted 1979
Old Chappaqua Historic Districtlisted 1974
Rehobothlisted 1979- Solomon Resnick Houselisted 2021
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 40 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.
- 1892 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1902 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1936 USGS Ossining quadrangle1:24000
- 1937 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Ossining quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Ossining quadrangle1:25000
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Ossining quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Ossining quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
442 since 2000Regional 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/undetermined | 197 |
| Natural | 61 |
| Smoking | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2016 | Smoking | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armonk Plant | Peat | Past Producer | Peat | |
| Ossining Area | Vanadium, Lead | Occurrence | Vanadinite | |
| Ackerman's Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Ackerman's Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Ackerman's Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chappaqua | $3,000 | New York Route 120 was closed between Pine Cliff and Commodore Roads due to downed trees and tree limbs in the town of Chappaqua. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chappaqua | $1,000 | Tree down on NY 120 at Commodore Road. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Chappaqua | - | Route 117 closed due to flooding between Orchard Road and North Way. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Chappaqua | - | North Greeley Ave. was closed in Chappaqua due to flooding. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Chappaqua | - | 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chappaqua | - | 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 2011 | Hail | Chappaqua | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Chappaqua | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Park | 2.3 miles | 40 | |
| Pleasantville | 2.4 miles | 40 | |
| Tompkins Corners | 2.4 miles | 40 | |
| Thornwood | 2.6 miles | 39 | |
| Millwood | 2.8 miles | 40 | |
| Briarcliff Manor | 3.3 miles | 40 | |
| Buckhout Corners | 3.4 miles | 40 | |
| Graham | 3.4 miles | 39 |
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.














