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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.

New Hamburg 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 New Hamburg, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of New Hamburg, surveyed 1893

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 36 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

478 since 1999

Regional 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/undetermined219
Arson/incendiarism82
Smoking49
Natural44
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use21
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clinton QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Limonite Mine No. Hj-024IronPast ProducerLimonite
Limonite Mine No. Hj-024.IronPast Producer
Unnamed Fe MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Limestone Rock Quarries No. Hj-018StonePast Producer
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-016StoneProducerUnknown
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-017StonePast Producer
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-021StonePast Producer
Cedar Cliff QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hj-019ClayProducerClay

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2021Thunderstorm WindNew 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 2011FloodNew 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 2007Thunderstorm WindNew 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.

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
Hughsonville1.1 miles36
Howland1.2 miles36
Wappingers Falls1.9 miles36
Stoneco2.2 miles36
Chelsea2.7 miles36
Birchwood Park2.9 miles36
Barnegat3.0 miles35
Castle Point3.0 miles36

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.