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New Hampton, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wawayanda town. It lies in ZIP code area 10958. It lies near Snake Hill. The Survey maps it on the Middletown quadrangle.

New Hampton within Orange County

Then and now

1906 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 80 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 Hampton, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of New Hampton, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

658 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 658 fires within 5 miles of New Hampton between 1995 and 2020, burning about 446 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 64 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/undetermined472
Arson/incendiarism64
Debris and open burning39
Natural34
Equipment and vehicle use19
Smoking13
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony3

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 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Debris and open burning1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of New Hampton: 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Goshen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Goshen Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Crystal Run PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crystal Run Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Goshen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Goshen Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Merion Blue-Grass Sod Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pellets Island PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pellets Island Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Hampton in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2013: 2 flash 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
August 2013Flash FloodNew Hampton-Vehicle rescues were performed by local responders after becoming trapped in flood waters on Dolsontown Road in Middletown.
September 2011Flash FloodNew Hampton-Route 6 near Interstate 84 was closed due to flooding in Ridgebury.

Every storm recorded in Orange 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
Denton0.5 miles23
Canterbury Knolls1.8 miles23
Pellets Island2.1 miles23
Deer Run2.2 miles23
East Middletown2.3 miles23
Mechanicstown2.4 miles23
Midway Park2.5 miles25
Middletown2.6 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958416. 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.