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Manchester Bridge, New York

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in LaGrange town. It lies in ZIP code area 12603. It lies near Spy Hill. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Valley quadrangle.

Manchester Bridge within Dutchess County

Then and now

1893 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Manchester Bridge, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Manchester Bridge, surveyed 1893

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

559 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 559 fires within 5 miles of Manchester Bridge between 2000 and 2020, burning about 415 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 77 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/undetermined274
Arson/incendiarism77
Smoking68
Natural45
Debris and open burning36
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Equipment and vehicle use16
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes2

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 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder 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 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Manchester Bridge: 25 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay. 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
Probably Borrow Pits of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialClay, StonePast ProducerChert
Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Limestone Quarry No. Hj-0.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
La Grange PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
La Grange Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Noxon Road MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Noxon Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pleasant Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

7 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manchester Bridge in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
June 2024Thunderstorm WindManchester Bridge1 killedA tree fell onto a mobile home on Feller Court killing an elderly man.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindManchester Bridge-Multiple trees were reported downed at Noxon and Manchester Roads as well as Route 55.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindManchester Bridge-Large trees were downed across Vassar Road from Red Oak Mills to Raymond Avenue.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindManchester Bridge-Wires were downed on the road and on fire along Noxon Road and Freedom Plains Road.
September 2021Flash FloodManchester Bridge-Only one lane on Titusville Road, Phillips Road, and Old Manchester Road was reported open due to flooding.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindManchester Bridge-A tree limb was down on Route 55 near the border of Poughkeepsie and La Grange.
May 2011Flash FloodManchester Bridge-Flooding was reported at the intersection of Firemens Way and Noxon Road just east of the City of Poughkeepsie.

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
Shady Brook0.2 miles34
Titusville1.2 miles34
Rombout Ridge1.5 miles34
MacDonnell Heights1.7 miles34
Arlington1.8 miles35
Red Oaks Mill2.0 miles34
Colonial Heights2.1 miles34
Rochdale2.4 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956336. 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.