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Hammertown, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Pine Plains town. It lies in ZIP code area 12567. The Survey maps it on the Pine Plains quadrangle.

Hammertown within Dutchess County

Then and now

1899 to 1993

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 Hammertown, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Hammertown, surveyed 1899

On record in Hammertown

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

62 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Hammertown between 1993 and 2019, burning about 67 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined27
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural5
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 July 1993Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
24 June 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 June 1997Smoking1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
16 June 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 May 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hammertown: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Manganese, Manganese. 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
Ancram Lead MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, MolybdenumProducerReplacement Vein
Ancram Pb MineLead, SilverPast ProducerVein
Morgan Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerSiderite
Morgan Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Jack Meccariello PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jack Meccariello Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Liberia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Morgan MineIronPast ProducerSiderite
Unnamed Probable Limonite Mine Number Gl 11IronPast ProducerGoethite, Limonite
Unnamed ProspectIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hammertown in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 6 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
March 2022Thunderstorm WindHammertown-Law enforcement reported downed trees.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHammertown-Trees were downed in the hamlet of Pine Plains.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHammertown-A tree was downed on Route 82 north of Church Street.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindHammertown-A tree and powerlines were downed in Pine Plains.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindHammertown-Multiple trees were reported down in Pine Plains due to thunderstorm winds. One large tree fell across Carpenter Hill Road near Route 82.
May 2012HailHammertown-Ping-pong ball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Pine Plains.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHammertown-Trees and wires were reported down near Pine Plains as a result of strong thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Dutchess 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
Pine Plains0.9 miles28
Bethel1.5 miles28
Pachin Mills1.7 miles28
Pulvers Corners3.0 miles27
Shekomeko3.9 miles27
Attlebury4.3 miles28
Mount Ross4.5 miles22
Stissing5.1 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952121. 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.