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.
Then and now
1893 to 1998The 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.


Compare 1893 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 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.
- 1893 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1944 USGS Dover Plains quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Dover Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Dover Plains quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Dover Plains quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Dover Plains quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
82 since 1995Regional 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/undetermined | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | CART ROAD FIRE |
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | CART ROAD FIRE |
| 5 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 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 19 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Limonite, Siderite | |
| Dover Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Wingdale Pit and Plant | Peat | Past Producer | Peat | |
| Dover Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Dover Mine/Foss Ore Bed | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Foss' Ore Bed | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Foss' Ore Bed White Iron Mine Dover Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1835 | |
| Unnamed Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limonite Mine Dep #49 | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Dover Furnace Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oniontown | - | Trees and wires were downed on Old Route 22. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oniontown | - | Numerous trees were reported down near Route 22 and East Duncan Hill Road. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oniontown | - | Trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds approximately 1 mile northeast of Dover Furnace. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powell Park | 1.3 miles | 35 | |
| Dover Plains | 1.3 miles | 35 | |
| Bains Corner | 1.6 miles | 35 | |
| High Plains | 1.6 miles | 35 | |
| Chestnut Ridge | 2.5 miles | 32 | |
| Dover Furnace | 2.7 miles | 35 | |
| Camby | 4.2 miles | 32 | |
| South Dover | 4.5 miles | 35 |
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.















