Glenclyffe, New York
43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Philipstown town. It lies in ZIP code area 10524. It lies near Sugarloaf Hill. 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 Glenclyffe
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 10 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Castle Rocklisted 1977 · 0.4 miles away
Garrison Grist Mill Historic Districtlisted 1993 · 0.5 miles away
Birches, Thelisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
Wilson Houselisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
Mandeville Houselisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
Walker Houselisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Rock Lawn and Carriage Houselisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Hurst-Pierrepont Estatelisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Garrison Union Free Schoollisted 1982 · 1.0 miles away- Oulagisketlisted 1982 · 0.9 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
417 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 417 fires within 5 miles of Glenclyffe between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,869 acres in total. 36 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/undetermined | 230 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Natural | 36 |
| Smoking | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Glenclyffe: 22 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Sulfur, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bog Meadow Pond Deposit | Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| Canopus Mine | Iron, Titanium | Past Producer | 1912 | |
| Canopus Nelson Magnetite Mine | Iron, Titanium, Metal | Past Producer | 1912 | |
| Constitution Island Occurrence | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Cotton Rock Stilbite Deposit | Zeolites | Occurrence | ||
| Kinnaird Graphite Property Deposit | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forsonville | 1.0 miles | 43 | |
| Garrison | 1.1 miles | 42 | |
| Graymoor | 1.8 miles | 43 | |
| South Highland | 2.1 miles | 42 | |
| Manitou | 2.5 miles | 43 | |
| Continental Village | 3.1 miles | 43 | |
| Cold Spring | 3.6 miles | 42 | |
| Nelson Corners | 3.6 miles | 42 |
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 Q122568329 | 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 972546. 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.















