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Mabbettsville, New York

29 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. It stands on Shaw Brook. The Survey maps it on the Millbrook quadrangle. It stands 696 feet above sea level.

Mabbettsville 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 Mabbettsville, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Mabbettsville, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

123 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Mabbettsville between 1993 and 2019, burning about 162 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined68
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism17
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1
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
8 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distributionunder 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
14 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2011Naturalunder 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 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Mabbettsville: 7 past producers, 5 producers. 5 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
Baldwin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Baldwin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bangall Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Bangall Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Route 199 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Route 82 Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Route 82 Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shunpike Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Standford S & G Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Stanfordville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

7 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mabbettsville in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
November 2021Tornado (EF1)Mabbettsville$17,000Tornado touched down on November 12, 2021 just southwest of Killearn Road in the town of Washington around 1115 AM EST. The tornado traveled northeast for 2.5 miles, ending just northeast of Butts Hollow Road. The tornado caused damage to numerous trees along its path. A number of homes and cars were damaged by falling trees. The tornado destroyed one shed at a farm near the intersection of Route 343 and Little Rest Road.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMabbettsville-A tree was downed across Hoxie Road near Millbrook.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindMabbettsville-Trees were downed on Route 343 near Butts Hollow Road.
July 2021Flash FloodMabbettsville-US Route 44 was closed due to flash flooding between Banghall and 9 Partners Lane in Washington.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindMabbettsville-A tree was downed on Chestnut Ridge Road in the town of Washington due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2011Flash FloodMabbettsville-Route 44 was reported flooded in several locations between Millbrook and Amenia.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMabbettsville-Trees were reported down in Millbrook due to strong thunderstorm winds. In addition, Route 343 near Nine Partners Lane was closed in both directions due to a downed tree.

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
Littlerest1.7 miles29
Millbrook1.9 miles29
South Millbrook2.4 miles29
Lithgow3.1 miles28
Millbrook Heights3.4 miles29
Shunpike3.6 miles29
Chestnut Ridge4.5 miles32
Camby4.6 miles32

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.

Wikipedia article on MabbettsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14706851The 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 956214. 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.