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Oniontown, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Dover town. It lies in ZIP code area 12522. It lies near Lossing Hill. The Survey maps it on the Dover Plains quadrangle.

Oniontown within Dutchess County

Then and now

1893 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oniontown, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Oniontown, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 35 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

82 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Oniontown between 1995 and 2020, burning about 880 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined35
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking4
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkCART ROAD FIRE
6 September 2016Debris and open burning1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCART ROAD FIRE
5 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFire 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 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Oniontown: 14 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Peat, Iron, Manganese. 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
Dover Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerLimonite, Siderite
Dover Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Wingdale Pit and PlantPeatPast ProducerPeat
Dover MineIronPast Producer
Dover Mine/Foss Ore BedIronPast ProducerResidual
Foss' Ore BedIronPast Producer
Foss' Ore Bed White Iron Mine Dover MineIronPast Producer1835
Unnamed Limonite MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed Limonite Mine Dep #49IronPast ProducerLimonite
Dover Furnace PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oniontown in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2017: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2017Thunderstorm WindOniontown-Trees and wires were downed on Old Route 22.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindOniontown-Numerous trees were reported down near Route 22 and East Duncan Hill Road.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindOniontown-Trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds approximately 1 mile northeast of Dover Furnace.

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
Powell Park1.3 miles35
Dover Plains1.3 miles35
Bains Corner1.6 miles35
High Plains1.6 miles35
Chestnut Ridge2.5 miles32
Dover Furnace2.7 miles35
Camby4.2 miles32
South Dover4.5 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959385. 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.