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Pawling, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Pawling town. It lies in ZIP code area 12564. It lies near Mount Tom. The Survey maps it on the Pawling quadrangle.

Pawling 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 Pawling, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Pawling, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

On record in Pawling

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 3 records

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

146 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Pawling between 1993 and 2020, burning about 307 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined83
Arson/incendiarism26
Natural10
Debris and open burning8
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use5

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAppalachian National Scenic TrailHOSNER 3
7 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Pawling: 11 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Dutchess County Kyn DepositsKyaniteOccurrenceMetamorphic
Pauling Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1825, 1870
Pawling MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Wingdale QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Wingdale Quarry and MillTitanium, MetalPast Producer
Patterson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Patterson Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pauling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pauling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

26 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pawling in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 19 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flood, 1 tornado. 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
April 1995Thunderstorm WindPawling$100,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindPawling$29,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindPawling$25,000no account filed
June 2002Tornado (F1)Pawling$20,000no account filed
March 2008FloodPawling$10,000Heavy rainfall led to flooding across portions of Dutchess county. Several roads were closed, including Route 199 near Red Hook, Route 292 in Pawling, and Route 22 in Millerton.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindPawling$5,000A strong cold front moved through eastern New York during the evening of April 24th resulting in severe thunderstorms across parts of the area. Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines across parts of Sullivan, Ulster, and Dutchess Counties. Hardest hit were the towns of Pawling and Marlboro where over 5,000 customers were left without power.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindPawling$1,500no account filed
December 2021Thunderstorm WindPawling$1,000A tree was downed on Lakeside Drive in the Village of Pawling which resulted in a road closure.
August 2004LightningPawling$1,000House struck by lightning on Hurds Corners Rd.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindPawling-A tree was downed on Route 55 at the Route 22 ramp.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPawling-A large tree and wires were downed on Old Route 55 near Pawling.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindPawling-Law enforcement reported a tree down on train tracks.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindPawling-Law enforcement reported trees down.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindPawling-A tree and wires were reported down along Lakeside Drive in Pawling.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindPawling-Trees were downed near the intersection of Elm Street and Union Street.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindPawling-Trees were downed near the intersection of West Main Street and West Street.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPawling-A tree was downed onto a building in the village of Pawling due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindPawling-Trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Pawling.
July 2012HailPawling-Nickel sized hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Pawling.
June 2009HailPawling-Quarter to ping pong ball size hail was reported in Pawling during a thunderstorm.
June 2009HailPawling-Ping pong ball size hail was reported in Pawling during a thunderstorm.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindPawling-Trees were reported down in Pawling due to strong thunderstorm winds.
September 2008FloodPawling-Heavy rain resulted in the washout of Game Farm Road, located approximately 3 miles east of Pawling.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindPawling-Trees down
August 2004Thunderstorm WindPawling-Trees down in road.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindPawling-Trees and wires down.

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
Woodinville1.6 miles32
Hurd Corners2.2 miles35
Baker Corner2.7 miles35
Quaker Hill3.4 miles35
Shorehaven3.5 miles32
West Pawling3.5 miles32
Holmes3.5 miles32
Poughquag5.3 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 960006. 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.