Milltown, New York
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Southeast town. It lies in ZIP code area 10509. It lies near Snake Hill. The Survey maps it on the Brewster quadrangle.
Then and now
1892 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 37 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1892 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1928 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Brewster quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Brewster quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Brewster quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brewster quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
295 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 295 fires within 5 miles of Milltown between 2001 and 2020, burning about 281 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 48 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/undetermined | 130 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 48 |
| Smoking | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Other causes | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Milltown: 6 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Molybdenum, Iron, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewster Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hobby Pyritiferous Ore | Iron, Sulfur | Prospect | ||
| Hobby Pyritiferous Ore Opening | Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | Unknown | |
| Tilly Foster | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Magnetite, Molybdenite | |
| Brady Farm Shaft | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Brewster Magnetite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Magnetite | |
| Brewster Mines | Iron | Past Producer | 1810 | |
| Brewster/Tilly Foster Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Magnetite | |
| Tilly Foster Magnetite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1830, 1864 | |
| Tilly Foster Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1864 |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milltown in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Lightning | Milltown | $75,000 | Lightning struck a 19th century barn on Burdick Road in Milltown, destroying the barn and an antique truck in the barn. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milltown | $5,000 | Trees were reported down on I-84 just west of the New York-Connecticut border. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milltown | $1,500 | A tree was reported downed northeast of Brewster Hill at the intersection of Routes 312 and 22. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milltown | $1,000 | Tree down on NY 312 at Rocco Drive. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Milltown | - | One inch hail reported. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sears Corners | 1.4 miles | 37 | |
| Sodom | 1.8 miles | 37 | |
| Doanesburgh (historical) | 1.9 miles | 37 | |
| Gayville | 2.3 miles | 37 | |
| Deforest Corners | 2.3 miles | 37 | |
| Brewster Hill | 2.5 miles | 37 | |
| Brewster | 3.2 miles | 37 | |
| Barnum Corners | 3.2 miles | 37 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972803. 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.













