Ramapo, New York
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ramapo town. It lies in ZIP code area 10931. It stands on Torne Brook. The Survey maps it on the Sloatsburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1891 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Ramapo
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
Torne Brook Farmlisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 31 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.
- 1891 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1910 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1931 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1931 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Sloatsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
748 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 748 fires within 5 miles of Ramapo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,839 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 81 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 | 392 |
| Smoking | 118 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 81 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 63 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | 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 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Ramapo: 9 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffern Deposit | Graphite | Prospect | ||
| Suffern Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| McKee Bros Sand and Gravel Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mount Ivy Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mount Ivy Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bering Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Bering/Morehead Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Magnetite | |
| Butler Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1868, 1880 | |
| Morehead Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Redback Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1780 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ramapo in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2006: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sterlington | 1.1 miles | 31 | |
| Hillburn | 1.2 miles | 40 | |
| Sloatsburg | 1.6 miles | 31 | |
| Antrim | 1.9 miles | 40 | |
| Suffern | 2.1 miles | 40 | |
| Montebello | 2.7 miles | 33 | |
| Suffern Park | 3.3 miles | 37 | |
| Airmont | 3.9 miles | 37 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962156. 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.












