Pound Ridge, New York
36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pound Ridge town. It lies in ZIP code area 10576. It lies near Burial Hill. The Survey maps it on the Pound Ridge quadrangle.
Then and now
1892 to 1986The 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 Pound Ridge
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 1 record
Pound Ridge Historic Districtlisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 36 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.
- 1892 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:62500, 13 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Pound Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Pound Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Pound Ridge quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Pound Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
127 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Pound Ridge between 2000 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 18 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 | 53 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 23 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 August 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Pound Ridge: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Feldspar, Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby Quarries | Feldspar, Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Baylis Rock Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Baylis Rock Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Kinkel Gneiss Rock Quarries | Stone | Producer | ||
| Kinkel Gneiss Rock Quarries | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pound Ridge in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pound Ridge | $8,000 | Multiple pictures of trees and power lines down across Route 137 near Pound Ridge Town Park. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pound Ridge | $7,000 | Numerous trees and wires down on the north side of town. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pound Ridge | $2,000 | Tree and power pole down on NY 137 between NY 124 and Upper Shad Road. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pound Ridge | $750 | Route 172 between Bedford and Pound Ridge was blocked by a fallen tree. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pound Ridge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Hill | 0.9 miles | 36 | |
| Sarles Corners | 1.7 miles | 36 | |
| Scotts Corners | 1.9 miles | 36 | |
| East Woods | 2.3 miles | 36 | |
| Boutonville | 3.4 miles | 41 | |
| Lewisboro | 3.4 miles | 36 | |
| Vista | 3.5 miles | 36 | |
| Bedford | 3.7 miles | 35 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 961064. 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.












