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Fleetwood, New York

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Mount Vernon City. It lies in ZIP code area 10552. It stands on Laurel Brook. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vernon quadrangle.

Fleetwood within Westchester County

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fleetwood, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Fleetwood, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

On record in Fleetwood

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 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 42 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

1,434 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,434 fires within 5 miles of Fleetwood between 2000 and 2020, burning about 638 acres in total. 95 started naturally. 109 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/undetermined983
Arson/incendiarism109
Natural95
Smoking87
Recreation and ceremony78
Equipment and vehicle use35
Debris and open burning27
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Other causes6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fleetwood: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Tellurium, Selenium, Palladium, Platinum. 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
(Facility) Laurel Hill RefineryCopper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Tellurium, Selenium, Palladium, PlatinumPlant
Star Sand and Gravel Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this place

23 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fleetwood in 23 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 13 flash flood, 7 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
July 2009Thunderstorm WindFleetwood$5,000Large trees were downed.
October 2025Flash FloodFleetwood-Flooding on Hutchinson River Parkway in both directions at exit 9 in New Rochelle. All Lanes are closed at mile marker 9.4.
September 2023Flash FloodFleetwood-Cross County Parkway Eastbound ramp of Exit 9 closed due to flooding.
June 2022Flash FloodFleetwood-Emergency management reports call of a swift water rescue in Mount Vernon.
June 2022Flash FloodFleetwood-Emergency management reports call of a swift water rescue in Mount Vernon.
July 2018Flash FloodFleetwood-The Hutchinson River Parkway was closed southbound at Exit 12 in Pelham due to flooding.
October 2016FloodFleetwood-The Hutchinson River Parkway was closed southbound in Pelham due to flooding.
January 2015FloodFleetwood-All lanes of the Hutchinson River Pkwy. were closed between East Lincoln Ave. in Mount Vernon and Webster Ave. in New Rochelle due to flooding.
January 2015FloodFleetwood-The eastbound exit 9 ramp off Cross County Pkwy. in Mount Vernon was closed due to flooding.
December 2014FloodFleetwood-The northbound Hutchinson River Pkwy. was closed at Lincoln Ave. in Mount Vernon due to flooding.
May 2014FloodFleetwood-The northbound Hutchinson River Pkwy. was closed between exit 7 and exit 12. Additionally, the Saw Mill River Pkwy. was closed southbound from exit 16 to Farragut Pkwy. and northbound between exits 20 and 21 in Elmsford due to flooding.
July 2014Flash FloodFleetwood-The Hutchinson River Pkwy. was closed between exits 10 and 12 in Mt. Vernon due to flooding.
September 2012Flash FloodFleetwood-The northbound Hutchinson River Pkwy. was closed at Interstate 95 in Eastchester due to flooding. The local fire department was dispatched to rescue the passengers of five vehicles stranded in flood waters. The ramp connecting the eastbound Cross County Pkwy. to the Hutchinson River Pkwy. in Fleetwood was closed due to flooding. The southbound Hutchinson River Pkwy. was also closed between exit 16, Webster Ave., and exit 7, Boston Rd., due to flooding.
March 2011FloodFleetwood-The Saw Mill River Pkwy was impassable and closed in both directions between Tuckahoe Rd. in Yonkers and Harris Rd. in Katonah due to flooding. The Taconic State Pkwy. was also impassable and closed in both directions between Cleveland St. and Stevens Ave. in Valhalla and then further north at the Saw Mill River Pkwy in Hawthorne due to flooding. The Hutchinson River Pkwy. was impassable and closed southbound at Cross County Pkwy. and northbound at East Lincoln Ave. in Mount Vernon due to flooding. Basement flooding was reported on Maxwell Ct. in Yorktown Heights. Multiple roads were closed across Elmsford due to flooding. The Sprain Brook Pkwy. was impassable and closed between Central Park Ave. and the Bronx River Pkwy split due to flooding.
September 2011Flash FloodFleetwood-The Hutchinson River Pkwy. was closed northbound from Exit 8, Sandford Blvd. to Exit 13, Cross County Pkwy. and southbound from the Cross County Pkwy. to the Westchester-Bronx County line due to flooding. The Bronx River Pkwy. was closed northbound at the New York City line near Yonkers.
June 2011Flash FloodFleetwood-In Yonkers, the Bronx River Pkwy at Palmer Rd., the Hutchinson Pkwy northbound at New Rochelle Rd. and the Saw Mill River Pkwy. at McLean Ave. were all closed due to flooding.
March 2010FloodFleetwood-The Hutchinson River Pkwy. was closed in both directions at Exit 12 due to flooding.||Total rainfall amounts received across the county ranged from 3.09 inches in White Plains to 4.50 inches in Ossining.
August 2009Flash FloodFleetwood-Hutchinson River Pkwy. southbound was closed at East Third St. due to flooding.
August 2009Flash FloodFleetwood-In Pelham, the Hutchinson River Pkwy. southbound was closed at Lincoln Ave. due to flooding.
July 2009HailFleetwood-Quarter size hail was reported.
August 2008Flash FloodFleetwood-The Hutchinson River Pkwy. was closed in both directions near Lincoln Ave. in Pelham due to flooding.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindFleetwood-A wind gust of 65 mph was measured at Graham Elementary School just northwest of New Rochelle.
September 2008Flash FloodFleetwood-The southbound Hutchinson River Pkwy. was closed at East Lincoln Ave. in Mount Vernon due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Westchester 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
Lincoln Heights0.7 miles42
Chester Hill Park0.7 miles42
Sunny Brae0.8 miles42
Elmsmere0.8 miles42
Mount Vernon0.9 miles42
Bronxville0.9 miles42
Pinckney Heights0.9 miles42
Moorelands1.1 miles42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950269. 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.