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Red Oaks Mill, New York

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Poughkeepsie town. It lies in ZIP code area 12603. It lies near Merry Hill. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Valley quadrangle. 3,810 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 167 feet above sea level.

Red Oaks Mill within Dutchess County

Then and now

1893 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Red Oaks Mill, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Red Oaks Mill, surveyed 1893

On record in Red Oaks Mill

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

Population over time

2 figures

Red Oaks Mill grew from 3,613 to 3,810 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,613
20203,810+197 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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

579 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 579 fires within 5 miles of Red Oaks Mill between 2000 and 2020, burning about 479 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 93 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/undetermined280
Arson/incendiarism93
Smoking67
Natural42
Debris and open burning33
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Equipment and vehicle use18
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Other causes1

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
8 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Red Oaks Mill: 15 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Clinton QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialStone, ClayPast ProducerChert
Borrow PitStone, ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit Deposit No. Hj-0ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit Deposit No. Hj-012ClayPast ProducerClay
Clinton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Limestone Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-011StonePast ProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

10 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Oaks Mill in 10 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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
September 2021Flash FloodRed Oaks Mill$300,000Several roads were closed in the town of La Grange due to flash flooding. The County Executive declared a state of emergency and restricted all non-essential travel due to the flooding.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindRed Oaks Mill-Trees were downed.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindRed Oaks Mill-Trees and wires were reported down near Red Oaks Mill.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindRed Oaks Mill-Tree limbs were downed.
May 2017Tornado (EF1)Red Oaks Mill-The National Weather Service, in coordination with Dutchess County Emergency Management officials, confirmed a brief touchdown of a tornado. The tornado path began near the intersection of Maloney Road and Route 376. The tornado traveled due east along and just north of Maloney Road for approximately 1.1 miles before dissipating. Damage included numerous snapped hardwood and softwood trees and the roof lifted off a shed.
August 2014HailRed Oaks Mill-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm on Macghee Road in Red Oaks Mill.
March 2011FloodRed Oaks Mill-Widespread flooding of residential and business properties occurred along Wappingers Creek Monday, March 7th, as it overflowed its banks. The river gauge on Wappingers Creek at Wappingers Falls exceeded its flood stage of 8 feet early Monday morning and crested at 12.1 feet during the afternoon. It fell below flood stage Tuesday, March 8th, during the afternoon.
September 2011FloodRed Oaks Mill-Moderate flooding occurred on the Wappingers Creek. The Wappingers Falls river gage located on left bank 700 feet downstream from Red Oaks Mill dam, and 4.5 miles northeast of village of Wappingers Falls exceeded its 8 foot flood stage at 4 pm EST September 7th, its 10 foot moderate flood stage at 2:19 pm September 8th, it crested at 11.47 feet at 8:45 pm, and dropped below flood stage at 7:25 pm September 9th.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindRed Oaks Mill-Trees were reported down in Red Oaks Mill due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2019HailRed Oaks Mill-no account filed

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
Rombout Ridge0.7 miles34
Titusville0.8 miles34
Shady Brook2.0 miles34
Spackenkill2.0 miles35
Manchester Bridge2.0 miles34
New Hackensack2.3 miles35
Diddell2.5 miles35
Knapps Corner2.9 miles35

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Red Oaks MillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1000103The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962312. 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.