Pine Plains, New York
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Pine Plains town. It lies in ZIP code area 12567. It lies near Little Stissing Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Pine Plains quadrangle. 1,142 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 469 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1899 to 1993The 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.


On record in Pine Plains
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 4 records
Graham-Brush Log Houselisted 1999
Pines, Thelisted 1983- Melius-Bentley Houselisted 1982
- Winans-Huntting Houselisted 2017
Population over time
2 figuresPine Plains fell from 1,353 to 1,142 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,353 | |
| 2020 | 1,142 | -211 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 28 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.
- 1899 USGS Millbrook quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Millbrook quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Pine Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Pine 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
Fires near this place
67 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Pine Plains between 1993 and 2019, burning about 117 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 11 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 | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 July 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 24 June 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 June 1997 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 8 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Pine Plains: 9 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Iron, Manganese, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancram Lead Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum | Producer | Replacement Vein | |
| Ancram Lead Mines | Silver, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Ancram Pb Mine | Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Morgan Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Siderite | |
| Morgan Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Jack Meccariello Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jack Meccariello Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Liberia Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Morgan Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Siderite | |
| South Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Plains in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2000 | Flash Flood | Pine Plains | $35,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Pine Plains | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Plains | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Pine Plains | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Plains | - | A local 911 call center reported trees down in Pine Plains. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Plains | - | One tree was reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Pine Plains. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Plains | - | Trees were reported down in Pine Plains due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Plains | - | Wires were reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds in Pine Plains. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Plains | - | Trees blown down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Plains | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hammertown | 0.9 miles | 28 | |
| Pachin Mills | 1.1 miles | 28 | |
| Bethel | 2.1 miles | 28 | |
| Mount Ross | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Pulvers Corners | 3.8 miles | 27 | |
| Attlebury | 4.4 miles | 28 | |
| Shekomeko | 4.7 miles | 27 | |
| Lafayetteville | 5.0 miles | 28 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Pine Plains | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3462011 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 960532. 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.










