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Kitchawan, New York

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Yorktown town. It lies in ZIP code area 10562. It stands on Cornell Brook. The Survey maps it on the Ossining quadrangle.

Kitchawan 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 Kitchawan, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Kitchawan, surveyed 1892

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 40 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

283 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 283 fires within 5 miles of Kitchawan between 2000 and 2020, burning about 216 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined140
Natural41
Smoking30
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use14
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder 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 2016Debris and open burning3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2006Naturalunder 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Kitchawan: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Emery, Vanadium, Lead, Corundum, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Leardi MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nelson Property DepositCorundumProspect
Ossining AreaVanadium, LeadOccurrenceVanadinite
Kingston Emery MineEmeryPast ProducerCorundum, Garnet, Magnetite, Sapphire, Spinel
Kingston Emery MineEmeryPast Producer
Salt Hill Emery ProspectsEmeryOccurrenceCorundum, Garnet, Magnetite, Sapphire, Spinel
Salt Hill Emery ProspectsEmeryProspect

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this place

5 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kitchawan in 5 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2018Tornado (EF1)Kitchawan$50,000A National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Survey of damage in the town of New Castle New York was conducted in conjunction with the Westchester County Office of Emergency Management, and New Castle Police. Based on the results of this survey and NWS Doppler Radar the following results were determined. The tornado began just west of the Taconic State Parkway, near the Hamlet of Millwood, and ended near Taylor Road south of the Hamlet of Mount Kisco. Many trees were uprooted or snapped along the path. There was also some roof damage to a few homes along the tornado's path. The strongest damage occurred along route 100 in Millwood, with many large hardwood trees uprooted and snapped. This damage is consistent with maximum wind speeds of around 110 mph, making this an EF-1 tornado. The tornado had a maximum path width of around 300 yards and was on the ground continuously for around three and three-quarter miles.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindKitchawan$1,000NY DOT reports tree down on NY 100 at Saw Mill River Road. All lanes closed.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindKitchawan$1,000Tree down on NY 100 southbound area of Shingle House Road in New Castle. Alternate lanes of 2 lanes blocked.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindKitchawan$1,000Tree down on NY 129 Eastbound at Saw Mill River Road.
December 2023Flash FloodKitchawan-Flooding and ramp closure on Taconic State parkway Southbound ramp to Exit 11 NY 134. All lanes blocked.

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
Manhattan Park1.4 miles40
Croton Heights1.9 miles40
Tompkins Corners1.9 miles40
Millwood1.9 miles40
Stanwood2.5 miles35
Huntersville (historical)3.0 miles40
Kirbyville3.2 miles35
Mount Kisco3.3 miles35

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 Q122599051The 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 954729. 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.