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Hartsdale, New York

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Greenburgh town. It lies in ZIP code area 10530. It lies near Fisher Hill. The Survey maps it on the White Plains quadrangle.

Hartsdale 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 Hartsdale, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Hartsdale, surveyed 1892

On record in Hartsdale

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 39 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

888 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 888 fires within 5 miles of Hartsdale between 2000 and 2020, burning about 799 acres in total. 62 started naturally. 89 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/undetermined508
Arson/incendiarism89
Smoking82
Recreation and ceremony67
Natural62
Equipment and vehicle use28
Debris and open burning26
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Other causes1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2003Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hartsdale: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Molybdenum, Rhenium, Tungsten, Tantalum. 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) Chester Metals Division RefinerySilverPlant
Dobbs Ferry PlantMolybdenum, Rhenium, Tungsten, TantalumProducer
Lake Street Granite MineGraniteProducer
Lake Street Granite QuarryGranitePast ProducerGranite

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this place

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hartsdale in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash 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 2021Flash FloodHartsdale-All lanes were closed in both directions on the Sprain Brook Parkway in Ardsley due to flooding.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindHartsdale-Police reported that strong winds toppled several trees.
August 2011HailHartsdale-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
Greenacres0.8 miles39
Battle Hill1.1 miles39
Green Farms1.2 miles39
Scarsdale1.2 miles39
Fox Meadow1.2 miles39
Murray Hill1.5 miles42
Fairview1.7 miles39
Yellowstone Park1.8 miles39

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952312. 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.