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Lewisboro, New York

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lewisboro town. It lies in ZIP code area 10590. It lies near Becks Hill. The Survey maps it on the Pound Ridge quadrangle.

Lewisboro 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 Lewisboro, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Lewisboro, surveyed 1892

On record in Lewisboro

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

13 surveys from 36 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

89 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Lewisboro between 1993 and 2019, burning about 72 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined29
Natural17
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestrynot named
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
11 September 1995Smoking1.5 acresConnecticut Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 1995Smokingunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestrynot named
9 August 2019Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Lewisboro: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Marble, Dimension, Feldspar, Quartz, Mica, Quartz. 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
Branchville Mica MineNiobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Quartz, Feldspar, MicaPast ProducerPegmatite Dike
Branchville Mica MineBeryllium, Feldspar, Mica, Silica, TantalumPast Producer
Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Pegmatite QuarryMica, QuartzPast Producer
Ridgefield Pegmatite QuarryFeldspar, QuartzPast ProducerFeldspar
Wilton Silver and Galena Chalcopyrite MineSilverPast ProducerMetamorphosed Sedimentary
Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Ridgefield QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer

Every working 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
East Woods1.9 miles36
Vista2.6 miles36
Boutonville2.6 miles41
South Salem2.9 miles41
Pound Ridge3.4 miles36
Scotts Corners3.7 miles36
Truesdale Lake3.7 miles41
Horseshoe Hill3.9 miles36

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955254. 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.