Hurd Corners, New York
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Pawling town. It lies in ZIP code area 12564. It stands on Hiller Brook. The Survey maps it on the Pawling quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1893 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 35 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.
- 1893 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1945 USGS Pawling quadrangle1:31680
- 1945 USGS Pawling quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Pawling quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pawling quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Pawling quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Hurd Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 260 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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 | 67 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Appalachian National Scenic Trail | HOSNER 3 |
| 6 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Appalachian National Scenic Trail | HOSNER 2 |
| 31 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Connecticut Division of Forestry | 2 GELSTON ROAD SHERMAN |
| 3 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Hurd Corners: 17 past producers, 6 producers, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutchess County Kyn Deposits | Kyanite | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Pauling Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1825, 1870 | |
| Pawling Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Wingdale Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Wingdale Quarry and Mill | Titanium, Metal | Past Producer | ||
| Patterson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Patterson Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Deuel Hollow Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Deuel Hollow Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Deuel Hollow Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Corner | 1.1 miles | 35 | |
| Pawling | 2.2 miles | 35 | |
| Quaker Hill | 2.3 miles | 35 | |
| Woodinville | 2.8 miles | 32 | |
| Wingdale | 4.0 miles | 35 | |
| West Pawling | 4.1 miles | 32 | |
| Wiley Shelter | 4.3 miles | 35 | |
| Webatuck | 4.7 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 Q122563151 | 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 953514. 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.















