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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.

Dover Furnace within Dutchess County

Then and now

1893 to 1998

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Dover Furnace, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Dover Furnace, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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

81 since 1995

Regional 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/undetermined38
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
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
9 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
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
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 1999Natural25 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 31 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dover Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerLimonite, Siderite
Dover Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Wingdale Pit and PlantPeatPast ProducerPeat
Clove Spring Limonite MineIronPast Producer1850, 1871
Clove Spring MineIronPast Producer
Clove Spring Mine/Clove/Unnamed MinesIronPast ProducerResidual
Deuel Hollow Limonite MineIronPast ProducerLimonite
Deuel Hollow Limonite MineIronPast Producer
Deuel Hollow MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Dover MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

2 since 2010

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2018Thunderstorm WindDover Furnace-Numerous trees were downed.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindDover Furnace-Trees and wires were reported down in Dover Furnace due to strong thunderstorm winds.

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
South Dover2.2 miles35
Webatuck2.7 miles35
Oniontown2.7 miles35
Wingdale2.8 miles35
High Plains2.9 miles35
Dogtail Corners3.2 miles35
Powell Park3.9 miles35
Chestnut Ridge3.9 miles32

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.