Quaker Hill, 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 Observatory Hill. The Survey maps it on the Pawling quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1998The 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.


Compare 1893 against another survey:
On record in Quaker Hill
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.
Oblong Friends Meetinghouselisted 1973 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 35 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
- 1945 USGS Pawling quadrangle1:31680
- 1945 USGS Pawling quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Pawling quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pawling 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
- 1998 USGS Pawling quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
91 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Quaker Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 201 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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 | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Connecticut Division of Forestry | 12 ECHO ROAD SHERMAN |
| 31 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Connecticut Division of Forestry | 2 GELSTON ROAD SHERMAN |
| 3 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 August 2020 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 July 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 22 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Connecticut Division of Forestry | 14 ROUTE 39 NORTH SHERMAN |
| 17 July 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Quaker Hill: 10 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutchess County Kyn Deposits | Kyanite | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Pauling Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1825, 1870 | |
| Pawling Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Wingdale Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Wingdale Quarry and Mill | Titanium, Metal | Past Producer | ||
| Deuel Hollow Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Deuel Hollow Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Deuel Hollow Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Pauling Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pauling Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quaker Hill in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2021: 2 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Corner | 1.2 miles | 35 | |
| Hurd Corners | 2.3 miles | 35 | |
| Pawling | 3.4 miles | 35 | |
| Wiley Shelter | 4.0 miles | 35 | |
| Woodinville | 4.7 miles | 32 | |
| Wingdale | 4.8 miles | 35 | |
| Webatuck | 5.2 miles | 35 | |
| South Dover | 5.7 miles | 35 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972982. 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.















