Finktown, New York
43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Peekskill City. It lies in ZIP code area 10566. It stands on McGregory Brook. The Survey maps it on the Peekskill quadrangle.
Then and now
1892 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Finktown
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 within a mile 11 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Thomas Nelson Houselisted 2001 · 0.5 miles away
Ford Administration Buildinglisted 2006 · 0.6 miles away
St. Peter's Episcopal Churchlisted 2003 · 0.7 miles away
Peekskill Downtown Historic Districtlisted 2005 · 0.7 miles away
Nelson Avenue-Fort Hill Historic Districtlisted 2006 · 0.9 miles away
US Post Office-Peekskilllisted 1989 · 0.9 miles away
Drum Hill High Schoollisted 1979 · 1.0 miles away
Peekskill Presbyterian Churchlisted 2002 · 1.0 miles away- Villa Lorettolisted 1989 · 0.2 miles away
- Gustav and Marion Fleischmann Houselisted 2021 · 0.5 miles away
- Beecher-McFadden Estatelisted 1987 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 43 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.
- 1892 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1899 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500, 12 printings
- 1936 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS West Point quadrangle1:48000
- 1941 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Peekskill quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Peekskill quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
366 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 366 fires within 5 miles of Finktown between 1993 and 2020, burning about 318 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 41 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 | 229 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 4 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 38 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Finktown: 20 past producers, 6 occurrences, 6 producers, 5 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Emery, Clay, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony's Nose Deposit | Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Cotton Rock Stilbite Deposit | Zeolites | Occurrence | ||
| Kinnaird Graphite Property Deposit | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Nelson Property Deposit | Corundum | Prospect | ||
| Peekskill Area | Titanium, Metal, Iron, Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Peekskill Area Prospect | Titanium, Aluminum, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Phillips Mine | Molybdenum, Uranium | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Phillips Mine | Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Uranium | Past Producer | 1865, 1880 | |
| Phillips Mine-Camp Smith Area | Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Uranium | Past Producer | 1866 | |
| Phillips Sulfide, Magnetite Mine | Iron, Uranium, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Sulfur | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peekskill | 0.8 miles | 43 | |
| Toddville | 0.9 miles | 43 | |
| Pleasantside | 1.1 miles | 43 | |
| Roe Park | 1.5 miles | 43 | |
| Van Cortlandtville | 1.6 miles | 43 | |
| Annsville | 1.6 miles | 43 | |
| Gallows Hill | 2.0 miles | 43 | |
| Crompond | 2.1 miles | 41 |
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 Q122558613 | The 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 2556764. 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.















