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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.

Hawthorne 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 Hawthorne, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Hawthorne, surveyed 1892

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

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

591 since 2000

Regional 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/undetermined295
Natural90
Recreation and ceremony54
Arson/incendiarism35
Smoking33
Debris and open burning33
Equipment and vehicle use29
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Misuse of fire by a minor7

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 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder 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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2014Missing 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

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ossining AreaVanadium, LeadOccurrenceVanadinite
Sing Sing Ag MineLead, Silver, Iron, CopperPast Producer
Sing Sing Silver MineLead, Copper, Silver, Iron, Chromium, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast ProducerChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Silver
Sparta Copper DepositCopper, LeadOccurrence
(Facility) Chester Metals Division RefinerySilverPlant
Lake Street Granite MineGraniteProducer
Lake Street Granite QuarryGranitePast ProducerGranite
Ackerman's Limonite MineIronPast ProducerLimonite
Ackerman's Limonite MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Ackerman's Limonite MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this place

23 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 1999LightningHawthorne1 killedno account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHawthorne$14,000Trees down on cars and power lines. Time estimated by radar.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindHawthorne$4,000A downed tree on Taconic State Parkway northbound ramp to Exit 6. Time estimated by radar.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindHawthorne$2,000Trees and branches and wires down at Commerce Street and Elwood Avenue.
July 2025Flash FloodHawthorne-All southbound lanes of the Taconic State Parkway are closed due to flooding.
July 2025Flash FloodHawthorne-Flooding on Sprain Brook State Pkwy both directions at Bradhurst Avenue intersection.
July 2025Flash FloodHawthorne-Car stranded on the Sprain Brook Parkway with flood waters over the wheel well. Highway completely impassable in both directions.
September 2023Flash FloodHawthorne-Taconic State Parkway closed in both directions between Stevens Ave and Cleveland Street due to flooding.
September 2023Flash FloodHawthorne-DOT reports flooding on the Taconic State Parkway both directions between Stevens AVe and Commerce Street. All 3 lanes closed.
June 2021Flash FloodHawthorne-The Taconic State Parkway in Hawthorne was closed in both directions in the vicinity of Stevens Avenue due to flooding.
December 2014FloodHawthorne-The Taconic State Pkwy. was closed at Stevens Ave. in Mount Pleasant due to flooding.
July 2014Flash FloodHawthorne-Water rescues were performed on the Taconic State Pkwy. near Stevens Avenue.
May 2013Flash FloodHawthorne-The Saw Mill River Pkwy. was closed between exits 26 and 29 in Pleasantville due to flooding.
May 2013Flash FloodHawthorne-The Taconic State Pkwy. was closed between Commerce St. and Stevens Ave. due to flooding in Valhalla.
May 2013Flash FloodHawthorne-The Saw Mill River Pkwy. was closed at Saw Mill River Rd. due to flooding.
March 2011FloodHawthorne-All lanes were closed on the Taconic State Parkway between the Bronx River Parkway and the Sprain Brook Parkway due to flooding.
March 2011FloodHawthorne-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 2010FloodHawthorne-The northbound exit ramp from the Taconic State Pkwy to the Saw Mill River Pkwy. in Hawthorne was closed due to flooding.
March 2009HailHawthorne-Penny size hail was reported in Chappaqua.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHawthorne-A tree was blocking the left lane of Sprain Brook Parkway at mile marker 1.8.
September 2008Flash FloodHawthorne-The Taconic State Pkwy. was closed in both directions at Stevens Ave. in Mount Pleasant due to flooding.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindHawthorne-Trees and power lines down.
August 2011HailHawthorne-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
Mount Pleasant0.8 miles39
Graham1.4 miles39
Thornwood1.4 miles39
Sherman Park1.7 miles40
Pleasantville1.8 miles40
Buckhout Corners2.2 miles40
Pocantico Hills2.3 miles39
Valhalla2.5 miles39

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.