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Katonah, New York

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bedford town. It lies in ZIP code area 10536. It stands on Stone Hill River. The Survey maps it on the Croton Falls quadrangle.

Katonah 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 Katonah, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Katonah, surveyed 1892

On record in Katonah

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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

318 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 318 fires within 5 miles of Katonah between 2000 and 2020, burning about 217 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined157
Natural49
Smoking30
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism20
Power generation/transmission/distribution19
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2008Missing 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
5 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Katonah: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Somers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Somers Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this place

6 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Katonah in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 2024LightningKatonah$20,000House struck by lightning in Katonah NY.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindKatonah$20,000Numerous trees were reported down in Katonah, including two onto cars.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindKatonah$3,000Trees down on wires at the Taconic Correctional Facility.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindKatonah$3,000Trees down across multiple roads in Katonah.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindKatonah$2,000Photo confirms trees blocking two lane road, Highway 100 near Muscoot Farm Park.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindKatonah-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
Katonah Ridge1.1 miles34
Bedford Hills1.6 miles35
Whitehall Corners1.7 miles34
Goldens Bridge2.4 miles34
Lake Katonah2.5 miles34
Bedford Center3.0 miles35
Stanwood3.5 miles35
Cross River3.8 miles41

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954396. 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.