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Larchmont, New York

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Mamaroneck town. It lies in ZIP code area 10538. It stands on East Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vernon quadrangle.

Larchmont within Westchester County

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Larchmont, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Larchmont, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

On record in Larchmont

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 42 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

351 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 351 fires within 5 miles of Larchmont between 2000 and 2020, burning about 229 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 39 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/undetermined193
Smoking57
Arson/incendiarism39
Natural23
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
27 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this place

5 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Larchmont in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLarchmont$3,000A few trees were reported down in Larchmont.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindLarchmont-Mesonte site XLAR at Larchmont Harbor measured a 62 mph wind gust.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindLarchmont-A gust of 67 mph was measured at the Larchmont Harbor mesonet location.
September 2002Flash FloodLarchmont-Local police reported that Larchmont Park was flooded.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindLarchmont-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
Sun Haven1.0 miles42
Beechmont Woods1.3 miles42
Homestead Park1.4 miles42
Orienta1.4 miles34
Forest Knolls1.5 miles42
Rochelle Heights1.6 miles42
Beechmont1.7 miles42
Pine Brook1.8 miles42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 977360. 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.

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.