Putnam Valley, New York
41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Putnam Valley town. It lies in ZIP code area 10579. It stands on Oscawana Brook. The Survey maps it on the Mohegan Lake 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 Putnam Valley
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
Tompkins Corners United Methodist Churchlisted 1983
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 41 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 West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1899 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500, 12 printings
- 1936 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS West Point quadrangle1:48000
- 1941 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Mohegan Lake quadrangle1:24000, 5 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
424 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 424 fires within 5 miles of Putnam Valley between 1993 and 2020, burning about 423 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 53 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 | 250 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Smoking | 31 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Putnam Valley: 22 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Emery, Iron, Sulfur, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canopus Mine | Iron, Titanium | Past Producer | 1912 | |
| Canopus Nelson Magnetite Mine | Iron, Titanium, Metal | Past Producer | 1912 | |
| Cotton Rock Stilbite Deposit | Zeolites | Occurrence | ||
| Croft Magnetite Mine | Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | Magnetite, Pyrite | |
| Kinnaird Graphite Property Deposit | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Phillips Mine | Molybdenum, Uranium | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Phillips Mine | Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Uranium | Past Producer | 1865, 1880 | |
| Phillips Mine-Camp Smith Area | Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Uranium | Past Producer | 1866 | |
| Phillips Sulfide, Magnetite Mine | Iron, Uranium, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Phillips Sulfide, Magnetite, and Uranium Mine | Iron, Sulfur, Copper, Nickel, Uranium, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1839, 1865 |
Storms near this place
1 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Putnam Valley in 1 storm report in 1997: 1 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 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Putnam Valley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Peekskill | 0.4 miles | 43 | |
| Continental Village | 1.6 miles | 43 | |
| Crofts Corners | 2.0 miles | 41 | |
| Adams Corners | 2.2 miles | 41 | |
| Graymoor | 2.7 miles | 43 | |
| Oscawana Corners | 3.1 miles | 40 | |
| Sunnybrook | 3.5 miles | 40 | |
| Forsonville | 3.7 miles | 43 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972981. 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.














