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Goldens Bridge, New York

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lewisboro town. It lies in ZIP code area 10526. It stands on Plum Brook. The Survey maps it on the Croton Falls quadrangle.

Goldens Bridge within Westchester County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Goldens Bridge, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Goldens Bridge, surveyed 1892

On record in Goldens Bridge

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

13 surveys from 34 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

331 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 331 fires within 5 miles of Goldens Bridge between 2000 and 2020, burning about 221 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined168
Natural48
Debris and open burning29
Power generation/transmission/distribution22
Arson/incendiarism21
Smoking20
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor4

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 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing 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

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Goldens Bridge: 8 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Gk-013StonePast Producer
Somers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Somers Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Clover Hill Magnetite MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Clover Hill MineIronPast Producer
Harvey PitIronProspect
Somers ProspectIronProspect
Travis' Magnetite MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Travis' Magnetite MineIronPast Producer
Travis' Mine/Clover Hill/Unnamed MinesIronPast ProducerMagnetite

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this place

7 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goldens Bridge in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
July 2022Thunderstorm WindGoldens Bridge$1,000Tree down and road closure on NY 138 both directions at Increase Miller Road in Lewisboro NY. All lanes blocked.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGoldens Bridge$1,000A tree was reported down at the intersection of Mustato Road and Jay Street.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindGoldens Bridge$1,000A tree was reported down across Lakeview Pass near Lake Katonah.
September 2011FloodGoldens Bridge-The entire length of the Bronx River Pkwy. and Saw Mill River Pkwy. were closed due to flooding. The exit ramps on Interstate-95 in Mamaroneck were also closed due to flooding. Total reported rainfall amounts in Westchester County ranged from 5.14 inches in Thornwood to 6.80 inches in White Plains.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindGoldens Bridge-Numerous trees down.
May 2004HailGoldens Bridge-A trained spotter reported penny size hail.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindGoldens Bridge-no account filed

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
Lake Katonah1.5 miles34
Katonah Ridge1.5 miles34
Whitehall Corners2.2 miles34
Lake Purdy2.2 miles34
Katonah2.4 miles34
Somers2.4 miles34
Purdys2.5 miles34
Valley Pond Estates2.7 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951294. 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.