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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.

Quaker Hill within Dutchess County

Then and now

1893 to 1998

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Quaker Hill, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Quaker Hill, surveyed 1893

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 35 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

91 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined59
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestry12 ECHO ROAD SHERMAN
31 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestry2 GELSTON ROAD SHERMAN
3 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 August 2020Smoking5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
6 July 1999Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
22 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestry14 ROUTE 39 NORTH SHERMAN
17 July 1993Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dutchess County Kyn DepositsKyaniteOccurrenceMetamorphic
Pauling Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1825, 1870
Pawling MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Wingdale QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Wingdale Quarry and MillTitanium, MetalPast Producer
Deuel Hollow Limonite MineIronPast ProducerLimonite
Deuel Hollow Limonite MineIronPast Producer
Deuel Hollow MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Pauling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pauling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2021Thunderstorm WindQuaker Hill-Trees were downed near the intersection of Reservoir Road and Dewey Lane.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindQuaker Hill-The public reported multiple maple trees down.

Every storm recorded in Dutchess County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Baker Corner1.2 miles35
Hurd Corners2.3 miles35
Pawling3.4 miles35
Wiley Shelter4.0 miles35
Woodinville4.7 miles32
Wingdale4.8 miles35
Webatuck5.2 miles35
South Dover5.7 miles35

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.