Ossining, New York

The 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.

1892 1986

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 12 of 13 shown

• Richard Austin Houselisted 1988
• Bank for Savingslisted 1989
• Brandreth Pill Factorylisted 1980
• Dale Cemeterylisted 2013
• Downtown Ossining Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 2013
• First Baptist Church of Ossininglisted 1973
• Highland Cottagelisted 1982
• Jug Tavernlisted 1976
• Old Croton Dam, Site oflisted 1973
• Scarborough Historic Districtlisted 1984
• St. Paul's Episcopal Church and Rectorylisted 1978
• Washington Schoollisted 1987

Every listing in Westchester County

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.

• 1892 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
• 1893 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1902 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
• 1936 USGS Ossining quadrangle1:24000
• 1937 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
• 1943 USGS Ossining quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
• 1943 USGS Ossining quadrangle1:25000
• 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1955 USGS Ossining quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
• 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1967 USGS Ossining quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
• 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 515 fires within 5 miles of Ossining between 2000 and 2020, burning about 372 acres in total. 60 started naturally. 33 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Claremont
• Fernbrook Park
• Forest Park
• Scarborough
• Sparta
• Spring Valley

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Ossining: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Vanadium, Lead, Copper, Silver, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ossining in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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.

Every storm recorded in Westchester County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959520. 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.