Hawthorne, New York
39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mount Pleasant town. It lies in ZIP code area 10532. It lies near Buttermilk Hill. The Survey maps it on the White Plains 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.


On record in Hawthorne
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
Hammond Houselisted 1980
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 39 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 Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1902 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1932 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1937 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
591 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 591 fires within 5 miles of Hawthorne between 2000 and 2020, burning about 516 acres in total. 90 started naturally. 35 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 | 295 |
| Natural | 90 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Smoking | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 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
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hawthorne: 6 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Granite, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ossining Area | Vanadium, Lead | Occurrence | Vanadinite | |
| Sing Sing Ag Mine | Lead, Silver, Iron, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Sing Sing Silver Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver, Iron, Chromium, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Silver | |
| Sparta Copper Deposit | Copper, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| (Facility) Chester Metals Division Refinery | Silver | Plant | ||
| Lake Street Granite Mine | Granite | Producer | ||
| Lake Street Granite Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | Granite | |
| Ackerman's Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Ackerman's Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Ackerman's Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hawthorne in 23 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 11 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 2 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1999 | Lightning | Hawthorne | 1 killed | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | $14,000 | Trees down on cars and power lines. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | $4,000 | A downed tree on Taconic State Parkway northbound ramp to Exit 6. Time estimated by radar. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | $2,000 | Trees and branches and wires down at Commerce Street and Elwood Avenue. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Hawthorne | - | All southbound lanes of the Taconic State Parkway are closed due to flooding. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Hawthorne | - | Flooding on Sprain Brook State Pkwy both directions at Bradhurst Avenue intersection. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Hawthorne | - | Car stranded on the Sprain Brook Parkway with flood waters over the wheel well. Highway completely impassable in both directions. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Hawthorne | - | Taconic State Parkway closed in both directions between Stevens Ave and Cleveland Street due to flooding. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Hawthorne | - | DOT reports flooding on the Taconic State Parkway both directions between Stevens AVe and Commerce Street. All 3 lanes closed. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Hawthorne | - | The Taconic State Parkway in Hawthorne was closed in both directions in the vicinity of Stevens Avenue due to flooding. |
| December 2014 | Flood | Hawthorne | - | The Taconic State Pkwy. was closed at Stevens Ave. in Mount Pleasant due to flooding. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Hawthorne | - | Water rescues were performed on the Taconic State Pkwy. near Stevens Avenue. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Hawthorne | - | The Saw Mill River Pkwy. was closed between exits 26 and 29 in Pleasantville due to flooding. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Hawthorne | - | The Taconic State Pkwy. was closed between Commerce St. and Stevens Ave. due to flooding in Valhalla. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Hawthorne | - | The Saw Mill River Pkwy. was closed at Saw Mill River Rd. due to flooding. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Hawthorne | - | All lanes were closed on the Taconic State Parkway between the Bronx River Parkway and the Sprain Brook Parkway due to flooding. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Hawthorne | - | All lanes were closed on the Saw Mill River Pkwy. northbound between exit 26, Taconic State Pkwy., and exit 27, Marble Ave., due to flooding. The southbound ramp at exit 29, Manville Rd./Rt. 117 was also closed due to flooding. |
| March 2010 | Flood | Hawthorne | - | The northbound exit ramp from the Taconic State Pkwy to the Saw Mill River Pkwy. in Hawthorne was closed due to flooding. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Hawthorne | - | Penny size hail was reported in Chappaqua. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | - | A tree was blocking the left lane of Sprain Brook Parkway at mile marker 1.8. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Hawthorne | - | The Taconic State Pkwy. was closed in both directions at Stevens Ave. in Mount Pleasant due to flooding. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | - | Trees and power lines down. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Hawthorne | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | 0.8 miles | 39 | |
| Graham | 1.4 miles | 39 | |
| Thornwood | 1.4 miles | 39 | |
| Sherman Park | 1.7 miles | 40 | |
| Pleasantville | 1.8 miles | 40 | |
| Buckhout Corners | 2.2 miles | 40 | |
| Pocantico Hills | 2.3 miles | 39 | |
| Valhalla | 2.5 miles | 39 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952426. 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.














