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Noxon, New York

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in LaGrange town. It lies in ZIP code area 12603. It stands on Jackson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Valley quadrangle.

Noxon within Dutchess County

Then and now

1893 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Noxon, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Noxon, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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

363 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 363 fires within 5 miles of Noxon between 2000 and 2020, burning about 286 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 55 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/undetermined159
Arson/incendiarism55
Natural48
Smoking34
Debris and open burning32
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6

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
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
27 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Noxon: 25 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Clay. 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
Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialClay, StonePast ProducerChert
Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialStone, ClayPast ProducerChert
Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialStone, ClayPast ProducerChert
Borrow PitStone, ClayPast Producer
Borrow PitStone, ClayPast Producer
Borrow PitStone, ClayPast Producer
Horton Limonite MineIronPast ProducerLimonite
Horton Limonite MineIronPast Producer
Old Fishkill Limonite MineIronPast ProducerLimonite
Old Fishkill Limonite MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Noxon in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
September 2021Flash FloodNoxon-Noxon Road and Colonial Drive was reported flooded and impassable.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindNoxon-Thunderstorm wind brought down a few six-inch diameter tree branches and wires.

Every storm recorded in Dutchess 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
Hillside Lake2.1 miles35
Freedom Plains2.2 miles34
Diddell2.4 miles35
Arthursburg2.5 miles34
Fishkill Plains2.6 miles35
Lagrangeville2.8 miles34
Rombout Ridge3.0 miles34
New Hackensack3.3 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972882. 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.