Milton, New York
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Rye City. It lies in ZIP code area 10580. It lies near Mill Pond. The Survey maps it on the Mamaroneck quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1984The 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.


On record in Milton
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 within a mile 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Peter Augustus Jay HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1982 · 1.0 miles away
Bird Homesteadlisted 2010 · 0.0 miles away
Timothy Knapp House and Milton Cemeterylisted 1982 · 0.2 miles away
Rye Meeting Houselisted 2011 · 0.2 miles away
Rye Town Park, Bathing Pavilionlisted 2003 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 34 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.
- 1897 USGS Oyster Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Oyster Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Oyster Bay quadrangle1:62500, 15 printings
- 1947 USGS Mamaroneck quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Mamaroneck quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Mamaroneck quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
304 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 304 fires within 5 miles of Milton between 2000 and 2020, burning about 212 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 29 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 | 165 |
| Smoking | 57 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Milton: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christiano Oak Ridge Diorite Gneiss Rock Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | 1833 | |
| Ritch Diorite Gneiss Rock Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Unknown | |
| Voorhis Diorite Gneiss Rock Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Chritiano Oak Ridge Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Ritch Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Voorhis Quarry | Granite | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenhaven | 1.2 miles | 34 | |
| Rye | 1.3 miles | 34 | |
| Harrison | 1.4 miles | 34 | |
| Limerick (historical) | 1.4 miles | 34 | |
| Dublin | 1.4 miles | 34 | |
| Sunset Ridge | 1.6 miles | 34 | |
| Brentwood Plaza | 1.7 miles | 34 | |
| Shore Acres | 2.2 miles | 34 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 977373. 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.












