Poughquag, New York
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Beekman town. It lies in ZIP code area 12570. It stands on Gardner Hollow Brook. The Survey maps it on the Poughquag quadrangle. It stands 436 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1893 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Poughquag
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Murphy Grist Milllisted 2015 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 32 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
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Poughquag quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Poughquag 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
167 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Poughquag between 1993 and 2020, burning about 192 acres in total. 19 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/undetermined | 79 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 1 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 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 45 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Poughquag: 39 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pauling Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1825, 1870 | |
| Pawling Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Beekman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Beekman Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bruzgul Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| East Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Freihofer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pauling Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pauling Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Poughquag in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Poughquag | $5,000 | Water and debris was over Pleasant Ridge Road near Poughquag. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poughquag | - | A tree was reported down in Poughquag. |
| September 2021 | Flash Flood | Poughquag | - | Water was reported over the bridge on Gardner Hollow Road near Buck Drive. The road was reported impassable. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poughquag | - | Large tree limbs were reported down on Frog Hollow Road due to thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2011 | Flash Flood | Poughquag | - | Route 216 at Main Street in the Town of Beekman was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Poughquag | - | Quarter size hail (measured) was reported during a thunderstorm in Poughquag. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poughquag | - | Numerous large tree limbs were reported down in Poughquag due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Poughquag | - | Penny to quarter size hail was reported in Poughquag during a thunderstorm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Grove Terrace | 0.8 miles | 32 | |
| Beekman | 1.7 miles | 32 | |
| Clove Valley | 1.9 miles | 32 | |
| West Pawling | 1.9 miles | 32 | |
| Green Haven | 2.4 miles | 32 | |
| Sylvan Lake | 2.8 miles | 32 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 3.2 miles | 32 | |
| Chelsea Cove | 3.5 miles | 32 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122539043 | 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 961060. 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.












