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Mamaroneck, New York

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It lies in ZIP code area 10543. It stands on Beaver Swamp Brook. The Survey maps it on the Mamaroneck quadrangle.

Mamaroneck within Westchester County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mamaroneck, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Mamaroneck, surveyed 1897

On record in Mamaroneck

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 8 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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

360 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 360 fires within 5 miles of Mamaroneck between 2000 and 2020, burning about 242 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 50 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/undetermined192
Smoking55
Arson/incendiarism50
Natural21
Recreation and ceremony16
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning10
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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 2010Missing 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
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2001Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2019Missing 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

6 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mamaroneck in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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 2008Thunderstorm WindMamaroneck$500Wires were reported down in Mamaroneck.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindMamaroneck-Mesonet site at American Yacht Club in Rye NY measured a 61 mph wind gust.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMamaroneck-Mesonet site at the American Yacht Club measured a 61 mph wind gust.
September 2021Flash FloodMamaroneck-Several cars were stranded in flood waters at the intersection of Bishop Avenue and Fenimore Road in Mamaroneck.
August 2008HailMamaroneck-Penny size hail was reported.
June 2004Flash FloodMamaroneck-Significant street flooding

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
Shore Acres0.5 miles34
Orienta0.8 miles34
Harbor Heights1.2 miles34
Greenhaven1.4 miles34
Elmcroft Estates1.4 miles34
Murdock Woods1.7 miles42
Brentwood Plaza1.8 miles34
Harrison1.8 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 977362. 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.