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Chelsea, New York

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Wappinger town. It lies in ZIP code area 12512. It lies near Van Wyck Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Wappingers Falls quadrangle.

Chelsea 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 Chelsea, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Chelsea, surveyed 1893

On record in Chelsea

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 4 records

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

679 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 679 fires within 5 miles of Chelsea between 1992 and 2020, burning about 800 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 86 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/undetermined375
Arson/incendiarism86
Smoking69
Natural43
Debris and open burning30
Equipment and vehicle use28
Recreation and ceremony18
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes3

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
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Chelsea: 27 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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

Storms near this place

7 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chelsea in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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
September 2021Flash FloodChelsea$300,000Several roads were closed in the town of Fishkill and city of Beacon due to flash flooding. The County Executive declared a state of emergency and restricted all non-essential travel due to the flooding.
September 2021Flash FloodChelsea$300,000Several roads were closed in the town of Wappinger due to flash flooding. The County Executive declared a state of emergency and restricted all non-essential travel due to the flooding.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindChelsea-A tree was downed on wires on Old Castle Point Road near Castle Point.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindChelsea-A tree was downed near Castle Point.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindChelsea-Trees down onto wires in Chelsea.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindChelsea-Trees were downed along Chelsea Road.
June 2011HailChelsea-Golf ball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Castle Point.

Every storm 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
Castle Point0.6 miles36
Brockway1.7 miles36
Fishkill Landing (historical)2.4 miles36
New Hamburg2.7 miles36
Hughsonville2.8 miles36
Groveville3.0 miles36
Glenham3.1 miles36
Beacon3.4 miles36

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946475. 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.