New Hamburg, New York
36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Poughkeepsie town. It lies in ZIP code area 12590. It stands on Wappinger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wappingers Falls quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1993The 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.


On record in New Hamburg
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 8 records
Abraham Brower Houselisted 1987
Adolph Brower Houselisted 1987
Main Street Historic Districtlisted 1987
Shay's Warehouse and Stablelisted 1987
William Shay Double Houselisted 1987
Stone Street Historic Districtlisted 1987
Union Free Schoollisted 1987
Zion Memorial Chapellisted 1987
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 36 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.
- 1893 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1903 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1936 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Wappinger Falls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Wappingers Falls quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
478 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 478 fires within 5 miles of New Hamburg between 1999 and 2020, burning about 659 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 82 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 | 219 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 82 |
| Smoking | 49 |
| Natural | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of New Hamburg: 20 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Limonite Mine No. Hj-024 | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Limonite Mine No. Hj-024. | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Fe Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Limestone Rock Quarries No. Hj-018 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-016 | Stone | Producer | Unknown | |
| Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-017 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-021 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Cedar Cliff Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit No. Hj-019 | Clay | Producer | Clay |
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Hamburg in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hamburg | - | Downed trees along the Metro North Railroad's Hudson Line near New Hamburg forced trains to be delayed, with passengers stranded and waiting for roughly 90 minutes. |
| August 2011 | Flood | New Hamburg | - | Major flooding occurred on the Wappingers Creek. The Wappingers Falls river gage located on left bank 700 feet downstream from Red Oaks Mill dam, and 4.5 miles northeast of village of Wappingers Falls exceeded its 8 foot flood stage at 11:00 am EST August 28th, its 10 foot moderate flood stage at 1:50 pm, its 14 foot major flood stage at 8:47 pm, crested at 15.29 feet at 12:15 am August 29th, and then dropped below flood stage at 1:42 am August 30th. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hamburg | - | A southbound train that left Poughkeepsie struck a tree that had fallen due to strong thunderstorm winds on the tracks north of the New Hamburg station.||No injuries were reported, but an air hose on the train became detached. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hughsonville | 1.1 miles | 36 | |
| Howland | 1.2 miles | 36 | |
| Wappingers Falls | 1.9 miles | 36 | |
| Stoneco | 2.2 miles | 36 | |
| Chelsea | 2.7 miles | 36 | |
| Birchwood Park | 2.9 miles | 36 | |
| Barnegat | 3.0 miles | 35 | |
| Castle Point | 3.0 miles | 36 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958415. 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.













