Dover Furnace, New York
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Dover town. It lies in ZIP code area 12522. It stands on Mill River. The Survey maps it on the Dover Plains quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1893 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 35 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.
- 1893 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1944 USGS Dover Plains quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Dover Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Dover Plains quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Dover Plains quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Dover Plains quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
81 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Dover Furnace between 1995 and 2018, burning about 863 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | CART ROAD FIRE |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | CART ROAD FIRE |
| 5 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 July 1999 | Natural | 25 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Dover Furnace: 23 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Limonite, Siderite | |
| Dover Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Wingdale Pit and Plant | Peat | Past Producer | Peat | |
| Clove Spring Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1850, 1871 | |
| Clove Spring Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Clove Spring Mine/Clove/Unnamed Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Deuel Hollow Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Deuel Hollow Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Deuel Hollow Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Dover Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dover Furnace in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dover | 2.2 miles | 35 | |
| Webatuck | 2.7 miles | 35 | |
| Oniontown | 2.7 miles | 35 | |
| Wingdale | 2.8 miles | 35 | |
| High Plains | 2.9 miles | 35 | |
| Dogtail Corners | 3.2 miles | 35 | |
| Powell Park | 3.9 miles | 35 | |
| Chestnut Ridge | 3.9 miles | 32 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948612. 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.















