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Scarborough, New York

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ossining town. It lies in ZIP code area 10510. It stands on Sparta Brook. The Survey maps it on the Ossining quadrangle.

Scarborough 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 Scarborough, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Scarborough, surveyed 1892

On record in Scarborough

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

15 surveys from 40 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

707 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 707 fires within 5 miles of Scarborough between 2000 and 2020, burning about 510 acres in total. 76 started naturally. 45 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/undetermined383
Natural76
Smoking58
Recreation and ceremony52
Arson/incendiarism45
Debris and open burning41
Equipment and vehicle use35
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Misuse of fire by a minor5
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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2013Missing 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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2001Missing 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Scarborough: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Vanadium, Lead, Copper, Silver, Iron. 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
Ossining AreaVanadium, LeadOccurrenceVanadinite
Sing Sing Ag MineLead, Silver, Iron, CopperPast Producer
Sing Sing Silver MineLead, Copper, Silver, Iron, Chromium, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast ProducerChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Silver
Sparta Copper DepositCopper, LeadOccurrence
Ackerman's Limonite MineIronPast ProducerLimonite
Ackerman's Limonite MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Ackerman's Limonite MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this place

7 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scarborough in 7 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 7 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
July 2018Thunderstorm WindScarborough$3,000Trees down in Law Park and a tree down on power lines near the Taconic overpass to Dogwood Lane. Other branches were also reported down.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindScarborough-Mesonet site at Tappan Zee Light measured a 62 mph wind gust at 44 feet.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindScarborough-Tappan Zee Light 14 Station measured a 62 mph gust.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindScarborough-A 67 mile per hour gust was reported at Tappan Zee Light mesonet.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindScarborough-A sixty seven mile per hour gust was reported at the Tappan Zee Light mesonet location.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindScarborough-A gust of 56 knots was measured at the Tappan Zee Light mesonet location.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindScarborough-A gust of 52 knots was measured at Tappan Zee Light 14.

Every storm 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
Sparta0.7 miles40
Archville1.0 miles39
Ossining1.9 miles40
Briarcliff Manor2.0 miles40
Sleepy Hollow Manor2.1 miles39
Buckhout Corners2.1 miles40
Forest Park2.4 miles40
Claremont2.4 miles40

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964560. 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.