Haviland Hollow, New York
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Patterson town. It lies in ZIP code area 12563. It stands on Haviland Hollow Brook. The Survey maps it on the Brewster 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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 37 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 Carmel quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1928 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Brewster quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Brewster quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Brewster quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brewster quadrangle1:24000, 5 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
224 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Haviland Hollow between 1999 and 2020, burning about 263 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 30 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 | 117 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Smoking | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Connecticut Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 21 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Haviland Hollow: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Sulfur, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby Pyritiferous Ore | Iron, Sulfur | Prospect | ||
| Hobby Pyritiferous Ore Opening | Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | Unknown | |
| Marble Rock Quarry No. 6k | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Marble Rock Quarry No. Gk-011 | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Pegmatite Quarry | Beryllium, Feldspar, Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Patterson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Patterson Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Towners Pyrite Deposit | Sulfur | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haviland Hollow in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Haviland Hollow | $100,000 | Based on a National Weather Service storm survey, done in|conjunction with the Putnam County Bureau of Emergency Services,|is been determined that an EF1 tornado with estimated peak winds |of 100 mph moved along a discontinuous path through Patterson, New|York. The tornado originated along NY State Route 22, north of |the intersection with Haviland Hollow Road, near the Watchtower |Educational Center. The tornado then tracked along East Branch|Road, turned left toward Putnam Lake, then lifted near the |intersection of East Branch Road and Fairfield Drive. The storm |snapped multiple trees along its path, not all of it continuous. |The most extensive damage occurred in the general vicinity of 706|East Branch Road, where multiple trees were uprooted and snapped,|lying in a convergent pattern, and where leaves were splattered on|three sides of the house. Based on this information, the tornado|was classified as an EF1 with estimated maximum winds of 100 mph. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haviland Hollow | $3,000 | A large tree was reported down across Route 22. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Haviland Hollow | - | Route 22 closed due to flooding between Route 164 and Haviland Hollow Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haines Corners | 1.0 miles | 37 | |
| Elm Tree Corner | 1.5 miles | 37 | |
| Valleyville | 1.6 miles | 37 | |
| Couch Corners | 1.7 miles | 37 | |
| Barnum Corners | 1.9 miles | 37 | |
| Putnam Lake | 2.0 miles | 37 | |
| Towners | 2.1 miles | 37 | |
| Akins Corners | 2.4 miles | 35 |
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 Q122570047 | 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 972606. 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.













