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Rye Brook, New York

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Rye town. It lies in ZIP code area 10573. The Survey maps it on the Glenville quadrangle.

Rye Brook within Westchester County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rye Brook, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Rye Brook, surveyed 1892

On record in Rye Brook

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 36 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

606 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 606 fires within 5 miles of Rye Brook between 2000 and 2020, burning about 508 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 42 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/undetermined355
Smoking82
Recreation and ceremony43
Arson/incendiarism42
Natural34
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Rye Brook: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone. 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
Christiano Oak Ridge Diorite Gneiss Rock QuarryStonePast Producer1833
Christiano Hamilton Avenue Diorite Gneiss Rock QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer1873
Ritch Diorite Gneiss Rock QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerUnknown
Voorhis Diorite Gneiss Rock QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Christiano Hamilton Avenue QuarryGranitePast Producer
Chritiano Oak Ridge QuarryGranitePast Producer
Lake Street Granite MineGraniteProducer
Lake Street Granite QuarryGranitePast ProducerGranite
Ritch QuarryGranitePast Producer
Voorhis QuarryGranitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Westchester 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
Port Chester1.5 miles36
Purdys Grove2.1 miles34
Purchase2.2 miles36
Rye2.7 miles34
Limerick (historical)2.7 miles34
Sarosca Farm Estates2.7 miles36
Dublin2.7 miles34
Fenmore Park2.9 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 979940. 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.