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Eighmyville, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Rhinebeck town. It lies in ZIP code area 12572. The Survey maps it on the Rock City quadrangle.

Eighmyville within Dutchess County

Then and now

1898 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Eighmyville, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Eighmyville, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

207 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Eighmyville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 252 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 52 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/undetermined86
Arson/incendiarism52
Debris and open burning28
Natural17
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony4
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 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Eighmyville: 4 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Archer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Denter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Red Hook Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Rock City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rock City Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Route 199 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Route 199 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Route 199 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eighmyville in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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
June 1998LightningEighmyville$50,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindEighmyville-A tree was downed on NY Route 9G at NY 308 in Rhinebeck. Two lanes were blocked.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindEighmyville-A large tree was sheared off.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindEighmyville-Over 50 trees were downed in the area.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindEighmyville-A tree was reported down across Route 9 at Old Post Road and Route 9G in Rhinebeck due to strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindEighmyville-A tree was reported down across Route 9G at the intersection of Route 308 in Rhinebeck due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2011FloodEighmyville-Flooding was reported along Route 9G in Rhinebeck.

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
Weys Corners2.1 miles31
Lamplight Court2.6 miles31
Rock City2.7 miles29
Rhinebeck3.2 miles31
Wurtemburg3.3 miles29
Milan3.5 miles29
Red Hook3.7 miles31
Fraleighs4.3 miles27

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 Q122555300The 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 949433. 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.