North Dock, New York
42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Highlands town. It lies near Duck Island. The Survey maps it on the West Point quadrangle.
Then and now
1892 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in North Dock
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.
U.S. Military AcademyNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 42 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 West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1899 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500, 12 printings
- 1936 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS West Point quadrangle1:48000
- 1941 USGS West Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS West Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Point quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
351 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 351 fires within 5 miles of North Dock between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,156 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 42 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 | 191 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Natural | 40 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of North Dock: 17 past producers, 6 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Sulfur, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bog Meadow Pond Deposit | Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| Canopus Mine | Iron, Titanium | Past Producer | 1912 | |
| Canopus Nelson Magnetite Mine | Iron, Titanium, Metal | Past Producer | 1912 | |
| Constitution Island Occurrence | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Cotton Rock Stilbite Deposit | Zeolites | Occurrence | ||
| Croft Magnetite Mine | Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | Magnetite, Pyrite | |
| Kinnaird Graphite Property Deposit | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Phillips Mine | Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Uranium | Past Producer | 1865, 1880 | |
| Phillips Sulfide, Magnetite Mine | Iron, Uranium, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Phillips Sulfide, Magnetite, and Uranium Mine | Iron, Sulfur, Copper, Nickel, Uranium, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1839, 1865 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Point | 0.4 miles | 42 | |
| Highland Falls | 2.0 miles | 43 | |
| Cornwall Landing | 4.0 miles | 35 | |
| Cornwall-on-Hudson | 4.6 miles | 35 | |
| Fort Montgomery | 4.9 miles | 43 | |
| Firthcliffe | 5.5 miles | 35 | |
| Orrs Mill | 6.0 miles | 35 | |
| Butter Hill Estates | 6.2 miles | 35 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122572316 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973236. 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.
















