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Lafayetteville, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Milan town. It lies near Mount Concert. The Survey maps it on the Pine Plains quadrangle.

Lafayetteville within Dutchess County

Then and now

1899 to 1993

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 Lafayetteville, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Lafayetteville, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

106 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Lafayetteville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 235 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 32 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/undetermined40
Arson/incendiarism32
Debris and open burning15
Natural7
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
25 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 August 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 July 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lafayetteville: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. 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
Jack Meccariello PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jack Meccariello Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
South Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lafayetteville in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 2025Thunderstorm WindLafayetteville-A tree was downed near the intersection of State Route 199 and the entrance to Wilcox Memorial Park in the Town of Stanford.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLafayetteville-A tree was down across Decker Road.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindLafayetteville-A tree was downed on Route 199 east of the Taconic State Parkway.
July 2014HailLafayetteville-Half dollar size hail fell during a thunderstorm in the town of Milan for 15 minutes. The hail accumulated on the ground and caused some minor damage to crops.
May 2012HailLafayetteville-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Lafayetteville.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLafayetteville-A large tree was reported down blocking the southbound entrance to the Taconic State Parkway at the Route 199 ramp in Milan due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2008HailLafayetteville-Nickel size hail was reported near Milan during a thunderstorm.

Every storm recorded in Dutchess 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
Milan2.5 miles29
Mount Ross3.6 miles22
Jackson Corners4.0 miles22
Rock City4.0 miles29
Bulls Head4.3 miles29
Stissing4.8 miles28
Attlebury5.0 miles28
Pine Plains5.0 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954885. 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.