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Chestnut Ridge, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Dover town. It lies in ZIP code area 12545. It stands on Chestnut Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Verbank quadrangle.

Chestnut Ridge 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 Chestnut Ridge, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Chestnut Ridge, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 32 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

113 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Chestnut Ridge between 1993 and 2018, burning about 794 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined57
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkCART ROAD FIRE
6 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCART ROAD FIRE
5 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
26 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 1999Natural25 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
17 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 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 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Chestnut Ridge: 20 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Peat, Iron, Manganese. 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
Dover Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerLimonite, Siderite
Dover Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Wingdale Pit and PlantPeatPast ProducerPeat
Dover Furnace PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dover Furnace Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dover MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dover PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dover Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Dover Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Dutchess PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

5 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chestnut Ridge in 5 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 FloodChestnut Ridge$300,000Several roads were closed in the town of Dover due to flash flooding. The County Executive declared a state of emergency and restricted all non-essential travel due to the flooding.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindChestnut Ridge-Multiple large trees were downed in the vicinity of Chesnut Ridge Road and Holsapple Road in Dover Plains.
September 2021Flash FloodChestnut Ridge-County Road 23 Chestnut Ridge at Killean Road in Union Vale was reported closed due to flooding.
September 2021FloodChestnut Ridge-County Road 24 north of Camby Road in Dover reportedly had water running over the road making it impassable.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindChestnut Ridge-Tree was downed.

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
High Plains1.0 miles35
Camby1.9 miles32
Oniontown2.5 miles35
Littlerest2.9 miles29
North Clove2.9 miles32
Dover Plains2.9 miles35
Powell Park3.1 miles35
Bains Corner3.6 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946554. 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.