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North Salem, New York

41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1998. It stands in North Salem town. It lies in ZIP code area 10560. It lies near Titicus Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Peach Lake quadrangle.

North Salem within Westchester County

Then and now

1892 to 1998

The 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.

Topographic sheet of North Salem, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of North Salem, surveyed 1892

Compare 1892 against another survey:

On record in North Salem

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 41 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

166 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of North Salem between 2000 and 2020, burning about 132 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined84
Arson/incendiarism21
Smoking17
Natural12
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of North Salem: 9 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Sulfur, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brewster MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Croton Magnetite Iron MinesIron, CopperPast Producer1880
Pegmatite QuarryMica, QuartzPast Producer
Ridgefield Pegmatite QuarryFeldspar, QuartzPast ProducerFeldspar
Ridgefield QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Croton - Theall Magnetite MineIron, Copper, SulfurPast Producer1880, 1883
Croton-Mc Collum Magnetite MineIron, Copper, SulfurPast Producer1843, 1880
Croton-Theall Magnetite MineIron, Copper, SulfurPast Producer
Brady Farm ShaftIronProspect
Brewster MinesIronPast Producer1810

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Salem in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2018Thunderstorm WindNorth Salem$75,000Microburst resulting in a track of downed trees of 250 yards along Route 22.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindNorth Salem$3,000Trees were reported down in town.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindNorth Salem$1,000Law enforcement reported a downed tree in town.
July 2023Flash FloodNorth Salem-DOT reports flooding and road closure on NY 116 in both directions between North Road and Hunt Lane with all lanes closed.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindNorth Salem-Trees down.
July 1996Funnel CloudNorth Salem-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindNorth Salem-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Westchester 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
Dingle1.3 miles41
Salem Center1.5 miles41
Grant Corner1.5 miles41
Twin Lakes Village2.5 miles41
Waccabuc3.3 miles41
Truesdale Lake3.6 miles41
South Salem4.4 miles41
Purdys4.5 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958905. 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.