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Moores Mill, New York

32 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 12569. It lies near Sunset Hill. The Survey maps it on the Verbank quadrangle.

Moores Mill 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 Moores Mill, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Moores Mill, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 32 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

186 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Moores Mill between 1997 and 2020, burning about 184 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined91
Natural27
Debris and open burning23
Arson/incendiarism19
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor4

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 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Moores Mill: 23 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, 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 Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialClay, StonePast ProducerChert
Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialStone, ClayPast ProducerChert
Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialStone, ClayPast ProducerChert
Borrow PitStone, ClayPast Producer
Borrow PitStone, ClayPast Producer
Borrow PitStone, ClayPast Producer
Clove Limonite MineIronPast ProducerLimonite
Clove MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moores Mill in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMoores Mill-Several trees were downed as well as damage to concession, camp buildings and fencing at Freedom Park and Freedom Lake.
June 2006HailMoores Mill-A trained spotter reported nickle-sized hail at Moores Mill.
June 2006HailMoores Mill-Newspaper personnel reported that nickel-sized hail occurred at Moors Mill.

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
Verbank Village2.0 miles32
Billings2.4 miles34
Hoxie Corner2.6 miles32
Verbank2.6 miles32
Freedom Plains3.5 miles34
Lagrangeville3.8 miles34
North Clove4.4 miles32
Clove4.5 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957608. 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.