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Lithgow, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Washington town. It lies in ZIP code area 12545. The Survey maps it on the Amenia quadrangle.

Lithgow 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 Lithgow, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Lithgow, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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 Lithgow between 1993 and 2019, burning about 162 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined38
Debris and open burning23
Arson/incendiarism20
Natural18
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Debris and open burning1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Lithgow: 16 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Copper, Iron, Manganese. 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
Smithfield MineLeadPast Producer
Amenia Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1825, 1835
Amenia MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1760
General Bush Copper MineCopperPast Producer
General Bush Copper MineCopperPast Producer
Gridley Limonite MineIronPast ProducerLimonite, Siderite
Gridley MineIronPast Producer
Gridley Mine/Amenia/Squabble Hole MinesIronPast ProducerResidual
Squabble Hole Limonite MineIronPast ProducerLimonite, Siderite
Squabble Hole Limonite MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lithgow in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
August 2020Thunderstorm WindLithgow-Multiple trees and wires were downed on Route 44 between Amenia and Millbrook.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLithgow-Trees and wires were reported down in Lithgow due to strong thunderstorm winds. Vehicles were reported trapped due to an impassable road, Route 44.
August 2020HailLithgow-no account filed

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
Mabbettsville3.1 miles29
Wassaic3.6 miles28
Amenia3.7 miles28
Littlerest3.9 miles29
Smithfield4.3 miles27
Shunpike4.7 miles29
Millbrook4.8 miles29
South Amenia4.8 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955442. 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.