Lagrangeville, New York
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in LaGrange town. It lies in ZIP code area 12540. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Valley quadrangle. It stands 358 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1893 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Lagrangeville
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
- Shear Homesteadlisted 2021
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 34 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 Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1903 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1936 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pleasant Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
Fires near this place
237 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Lagrangeville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 233 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 28 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 | 112 |
| Natural | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 25 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Lagrangeville: 38 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material | Clay, Stone | Past Producer | Chert | |
| Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | Chert | |
| Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | Chert | |
| Borrow Pit | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Beekman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Billings Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bruzgul Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cheer Farm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lagrangeville in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lagrangeville | $2,000 | A cold front crossed Eastern New York during the evening hours of the 14th. Isolated severe thunderstorms downed trees in a few locations across 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billings | 1.4 miles | 34 | |
| Arthursburg | 1.6 miles | 34 | |
| Freedom Plains | 2.5 miles | 34 | |
| Chelsea Cove | 2.7 miles | 32 | |
| Noxon | 2.8 miles | 34 | |
| Hillside Lake | 3.1 miles | 35 | |
| Sylvan Lake | 3.3 miles | 32 | |
| Moores Mill | 3.8 miles | 32 |
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 Q122594215 | 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 954889. 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.












