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Diddell, New York

35 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 12590. The Survey maps it on the Hopewell Junction quadrangle.

Diddell 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 Diddell, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Diddell, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 35 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

524 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 524 fires within 5 miles of Diddell between 2000 and 2020, burning about 426 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 83 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/undetermined237
Arson/incendiarism83
Smoking61
Debris and open burning42
Natural42
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Equipment and vehicle use16
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1

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 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Diddell: 11 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay. 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
Borrow PitStone, ClayPast Producer
Clinton QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Probably Borrow Pit of Limestone Or Unconsolidated MaterialStone, ClayPast Producer
Clinton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Limestone Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-016StoneProducerUnknown
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-017StonePast Producer
Clapp Hill Gravel BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hopeville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

7 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Diddell in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2017: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash 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 2017Thunderstorm WindDiddell-The public reported a tree down on a house due to thunderstorm winds.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindDiddell-Trees and wires were blown down on Route 376 due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindDiddell-Multiple trees were reported down on All Angels Road and Meyers Corners Road in the town of Wappingers due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindDiddell-Many trees branches were downed in the Diddell hamlet of the town of Wappingers due to thunderstorm winds.. Yard furniture was also reported to have been blown across yards due to the strength of the wind.
August 2014HailDiddell-Golfball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in the town of Wappingers.
June 2011HailDiddell-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Myers Corner.
May 2011Flash FloodDiddell-Flooding was reported at the intersection of Degarmo Hills Road and Myers Corners Road in Wappingers Falls.

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
New Hackensack1.0 miles35
Fishkill Plains1.6 miles35
Myers Corner1.6 miles35
Noxon2.4 miles34
Red Oaks Mill2.5 miles34
Rombout Ridge2.8 miles34
Hillside Lake2.9 miles35
Titusville3.3 miles34

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.

Wikidata item Q122560160The 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 972384. 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.