New Hempstead, New York
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ramapo town. It lies in ZIP code area 10977. The Survey maps it on the Thiells quadrangle.
Then and now
1891 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 95 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 Hempstead
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
English Church and Schoolhouselisted 1977 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 33 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.
- 1891 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1910 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1931 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1931 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Thiells quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2,263 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,263 fires within 5 miles of New Hempstead between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,648 acres in total. 112 started naturally. 179 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 | 1340 |
| Smoking | 330 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 179 |
| Natural | 112 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 107 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 83 |
| Debris and open burning | 55 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 38 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2014 | 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
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of New Hempstead: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Zirconium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladentown Copper Deposit | Copper, Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| Mount Ivy Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mount Ivy Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Haverstraw Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Haverstraw Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| West Nyack Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| West Nyack Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Hempstead in 1 storm report in 2003: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | New Hempstead | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Park | 0.6 miles | 33 | |
| New Square | 0.9 miles | 33 | |
| Pomona | 1.2 miles | 33 | |
| Happy Valley | 1.4 miles | 33 | |
| Hillcrest | 1.6 miles | 33 | |
| Wesley Hills | 1.9 miles | 33 | |
| Pomona Heights | 2.1 miles | 33 | |
| New City Park | 2.1 miles | 33 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971938. 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.












