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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.

Milltown within Putnam County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

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 Milltown, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Milltown, surveyed 1892

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 37 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

295 since 2001

Regional 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/undetermined130
Arson/incendiarism48
Smoking35
Debris and open burning23
Natural21
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Other causes3

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 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brewster MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hobby Pyritiferous OreIron, SulfurProspect
Hobby Pyritiferous Ore OpeningIron, SulfurPast ProducerUnknown
Tilly FosterMolybdenumOccurrenceMagnetite, Molybdenite
Brady Farm ShaftIronProspect
Brewster Magnetite MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Brewster MinesIronPast Producer1810
Brewster/Tilly Foster MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Tilly Foster Magnetite MineIronPast Producer1830, 1864
Tilly Foster MineIronPast Producer1864

Every working recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2008LightningMilltown$75,000Lightning struck a 19th century barn on Burdick Road in Milltown, destroying the barn and an antique truck in the barn.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindMilltown$5,000Trees were reported down on I-84 just west of the New York-Connecticut border.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindMilltown$1,500A tree was reported downed northeast of Brewster Hill at the intersection of Routes 312 and 22.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMilltown$1,000Tree down on NY 312 at Rocco Drive.
June 2019HailMilltown-One inch hail reported.

Every storm recorded in Putnam 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
Sears Corners1.4 miles37
Sodom1.8 miles37
Doanesburgh (historical)1.9 miles37
Gayville2.3 miles37
Deforest Corners2.3 miles37
Brewster Hill2.5 miles37
Brewster3.2 miles37
Barnum Corners3.2 miles37

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.