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East Fishkill, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in East Fishkill town. It lies in ZIP code area 12533. The Survey maps it on the Hopewell Junction quadrangle.

East Fishkill 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 East Fishkill, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of East Fishkill, surveyed 1893

On record in East Fishkill

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 1 record

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

295 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 295 fires within 5 miles of East Fishkill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 351 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 39 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/undetermined128
Arson/incendiarism39
Debris and open burning32
Smoking29
Natural26
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7

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
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder 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
30 September 2008Missing 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
27 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire 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 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of East Fishkill: 26 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay, Stone. 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
Probably Borrow Pit of Limestone Or Unconsolidated MaterialStone, ClayPast Producer
Stormville PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fishkill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fishkill Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hopeville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hopewell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lime Kiln PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lime Kiln Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Monforts BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Fishkill in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
April 1995Thunderstorm WindEast Fishkill$100,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindEast Fishkill$5,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindEast Fishkill$1,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindEast Fishkill-Tree and wires were downed on Palen Road near Hararigan Road resulting in a blocked road.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindEast Fishkill-A tree was downed on the Taconic State Parkway blocking the right northbound lane.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindEast Fishkill-Emergency dispatch reported trees down.
June 2011HailEast Fishkill-Golf ball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in East Fishkill.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindEast Fishkill-Trees were reported down in East Fishkill due to strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2008HailEast Fishkill-Nickel size hail was reported in East Fishkill.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindEast Fishkill-Trees were reported down in East Fishkill due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindEast Fishkill-Trees were blown down.
July 1994HailEast Fishkill-no account filed

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
Shenandoah1.7 miles35
Hopewell Junction2.2 miles35
Lomala2.5 miles35
Wiccopee2.9 miles35
Swartoutville2.9 miles35
Stormville2.9 miles32
Brinckerhoff3.9 miles35
Fishkill Plains4.1 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972417. 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.