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Smithfield, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Amenia town. It lies in ZIP code area 12501. The Survey maps it on the Millerton quadrangle.

Smithfield within Dutchess County

Then and now

1899 to 1993

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 Smithfield, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Smithfield, surveyed 1899

On record in Smithfield

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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

69 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Smithfield between 1993 and 2018, burning about 50 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined22
Natural16
Arson/incendiarism15
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Other causes2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
25 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2016Natural2.5 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder 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 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Smithfield: 18 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. 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
Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant Lead MineLead, Silver, Iron, Copper, ZincPast ProducerChalcocite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant MineLead, Copper, Iron, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant Pb MineLead, SilverPast ProducerVein
General Bush Copper MineCopperPast Producer
General Bush Copper MineCopperPast Producer
Smithfield MineLeadPast Producer
Amenia Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1825, 1835
Amenia MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1760
Amenia Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Amenia Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smithfield in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 2 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-A local 911 call center operator reported multiple trees down on Bangall Amenia Road near Stanfordville.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-Trees were reported down on Bangall Amenia Road approximately 4 miles west northwest of Amenia due to strong thunderstorm winds.

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
Northeast2.8 miles27
Shekomeko2.9 miles27
Amenia3.4 miles28
Attlebury4.2 miles28
Sharon Station4.2 miles27
Lithgow4.3 miles28
Coleman Station4.5 miles27
Stissing4.6 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973080. 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.