North Castle, New York
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1998. It stands in North Castle town. It lies in ZIP code area 10504. It lies near Halls Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mount Kisco quadrangle.
Then and now
1892 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1892 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 35 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.
- 1892 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:62500, 13 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Mount Kisco quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Mount Kisco quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Mount Kisco quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
218 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of North Castle between 2001 and 2020, burning about 194 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/undetermined | 93 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Smoking | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of North Castle: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Peat, Feldspar, Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armonk Plant | Peat | Past Producer | Peat | |
| Hobby Quarries | Feldspar, Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Baylis Rock Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Baylis Rock Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Kinkel Gneiss Rock Quarries | Stone | Producer | ||
| Kinkel Gneiss Rock Quarries | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Castle in 1 storm report in 1996: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Castle | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windmill Farm | 0.5 miles | 35 | |
| Armonk | 1.8 miles | 35 | |
| Bedford Four Corners | 4.0 miles | 35 | |
| Chappaqua | 4.5 miles | 40 | |
| Bedford | 4.9 miles | 35 | |
| Sherman Park | 4.9 miles | 40 | |
| Mount Kisco | 5.0 miles | 35 | |
| Thornwood | 5.2 miles | 39 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2557692. 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.











