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Graymoor, 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 Cat Rock. The Survey maps it on the Peekskill quadrangle.

Graymoor within Putnam 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 Graymoor, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Graymoor, surveyed 1892

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 43 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

447 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 447 fires within 5 miles of Graymoor between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,891 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 53 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/undetermined259
Arson/incendiarism53
Smoking34
Natural33
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use22
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Graymoor: 19 past producers, 6 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Sulfur, Sulfur, 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
Canopus MineIron, TitaniumPast Producer1912
Canopus Nelson Magnetite MineIron, Titanium, MetalPast Producer1912
Constitution Island OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
Cotton Rock Stilbite DepositZeolitesOccurrence
Kinnaird Graphite Property DepositGraphiteOccurrence
Phillips MineMolybdenum, UraniumOccurrenceReplacement
Phillips MineSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, UraniumPast Producer1865, 1880
Phillips Mine-Camp Smith AreaCobalt, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, UraniumPast Producer1866
Phillips Sulfide, Magnetite MineIron, Uranium, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, SulfurPast Producer
Phillips Sulfide, Magnetite, and Uranium MineIron, Sulfur, Copper, Nickel, Uranium, Gold, SilverPast Producer1839, 1865

Every working recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Graymoor in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
September 2010Thunderstorm WindGraymoor$5,000Multiple trees were reported down on US Highway 9 in Graymoor.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindGraymoor$2,000Large branch down on power lines.

Every storm recorded in Putnam 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
Forsonville1.1 miles43
Continental Village1.3 miles43
Glenclyffe1.8 miles43
South Highland1.9 miles42
Lake Peekskill2.4 miles43
Garrison2.5 miles42
Putnam Valley2.7 miles41
Manitou2.8 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972559. 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.