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.
Then and now
1893 to 1993The 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.


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
Elias Titus Houselisted 2006
Population over time
2 figuresRed 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,613 | |
| 2020 | 3,810 | +197 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 34 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 Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1903 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1936 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pleasant Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
Fires near this place
579 since 2000Regional 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/undetermined | 280 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 93 |
| Smoking | 67 |
| Natural | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Other causes | 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 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Smoking | 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 17 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | Chert | |
| Borrow Pit | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit Deposit No. Hj-0 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit Deposit No. Hj-012 | Clay | Past Producer | Clay | |
| Clinton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Limestone Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-011 | Stone | Past Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
10 since 2011Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Flash Flood | Red Oaks Mill | $300,000 | Several 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Oaks Mill | - | Trees were downed. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Oaks Mill | - | Trees and wires were reported down near Red Oaks Mill. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Oaks Mill | - | Tree limbs were downed. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (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 2014 | Hail | Red Oaks Mill | - | Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm on Macghee Road in Red Oaks Mill. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Red 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 2011 | Flood | Red 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Oaks Mill | - | Trees were reported down in Red Oaks Mill due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Red Oaks Mill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rombout Ridge | 0.7 miles | 34 | |
| Titusville | 0.8 miles | 34 | |
| Shady Brook | 2.0 miles | 34 | |
| Spackenkill | 2.0 miles | 35 | |
| Manchester Bridge | 2.0 miles | 34 | |
| New Hackensack | 2.3 miles | 35 | |
| Diddell | 2.5 miles | 35 | |
| Knapps Corner | 2.9 miles | 35 |
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 Mill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1000103 | The 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.












