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Spuyten Duyvil, New York

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the borough of the Bronx. It lies in ZIP code area 10463. It lies near Tetards Hill. The Survey maps it on the Yonkers quadrangle.

Spuyten Duyvil within Bronx County

Then and now

1891 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Spuyten Duyvil, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Spuyten Duyvil, surveyed 1891

On record in Spuyten Duyvil

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 4 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 42 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

2,372 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,372 fires within 5 miles of Spuyten Duyvil between 2000 and 2020, burning about 757 acres in total. 133 started naturally. 136 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/undetermined1660
Smoking154
Recreation and ceremony143
Arson/incendiarism136
Natural133
Equipment and vehicle use54
Debris and open burning53
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Other causes5
Railroad operations and maintenance4

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 YorkNA
9 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bronx 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 Spuyten Duyvil: 6 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Palladium, Platinum, Titanium, Garnet, Zirconium. 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
(Facility) Laurel Hill RefineryCopper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Tellurium, Selenium, Palladium, PlatinumPlant
155th St & 10th Ave Garnet DepositGarnet, ZirconiumOccurrence
159th St & 11th Ave Beryl DepositBerylliumOccurrence
176/178 Sts & 11th Ave DepositTitanium, Garnet, GemstoneOccurrence
200th St & 10th Ave Kyanite DepositKyaniteOccurrence
Bergenfield PlantREEPast Producer
Hickory Lane QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1890
Star Sand and Gravel Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
180th St & 10th Ave Rutile DepositTitaniumOccurrence
Unnamed Pge OccurrencePalladium, PlatinumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bronx County

Storms near this place

13 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spuyten Duyvil in 13 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 9 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 7 injuries. 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 2010Tornado (EF1)Spuyten Duyvil7 hurt, $150,000The tornado touched down on the grounds of the Hebrew Home for the Aged along the east bank of the Hudson River west of Palisade Avenue in Riverdale. High winds flattened a flag pole, downed trees and snapped and sheared off many tree tops. A few trees crashed through first floor windows that caused them to shatter resulting in 7 minor injuries. On the south side of the building, large trees were totally stripped of their canopies and one became a projectile as it was wedged between an upstream tree. An eyewitness account at this location stated that he saw funnel clouds develop upstream over the Hudson as the thunderstorm approached.||Several eyewitnesses along the southeast path of this storm stated that they saw clouds and debris swirl in white out conditions as many tree tops were snapped and sheared off. Significant damage occurred along West 254th Street northwest across Netherlands and Arlington Streets, where at least one residential roof was damaged west of 254th Street.
September 2021Flash FloodSpuyten Duyvil$60,000,000Flash flooding resulted in an estimated $60 million in damages across the Bronx, and an estimated $300 million city-wide. This estimate only includes FEMA and SBA fund requests.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindSpuyten Duyvil$5,000Tree down on car in southbound lane of the Major Deegan Expressway near Fordham Road.
October 2025Flash FloodSpuyten Duyvil-Flooding reported near the Riverdale Country School with a foot and a half to two feet of standing water up to bottom of doors of sedan type cars.
August 2024Flash FloodSpuyten Duyvil-Car stalled in flood waters on the Henry Hudson Parkway under the West 246th Street underpass.
June 2021Flash FloodSpuyten Duyvil-Road flooding and road closures with vehicles stranded reported via mPING in the vicinity of West 239th Street and the Henry Hudson Parkway (Route 9A) in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.
July 2021Flash FloodSpuyten Duyvil-All lanes were closed on the Major Deegan Expressway (I-87) southbound in Fordham due to flooding.
July 2021Flash FloodSpuyten Duyvil-Over a dozen motorists were rescued by the NYPD on the Major Deegan Expressway at W. 179th Street in Morris Heights due to flooding.
April 2018Flash FloodSpuyten Duyvil-The Henry Hudson Parkway was closed at West 237th Street in Riverdale due to flooding.
August 2018Flash FloodSpuyten Duyvil-The Mahwah River near Suffern rose above its flood stage of 4.0 feet at 11:30am EDT, crested at a height of 4.06 feet at 12:15pm EDT, and fell back below flood stage at 1:15pm EDT.
August 2014Flash FloodSpuyten Duyvil-All lanes were blocked due to flooding on Interstate 87 at exit 8 (179th Street) in the Bronx.
March 2010Heavy RainSpuyten Duyvil-A prolonged period of heavy rain caused a mudslide onto the railroad tracks near the Metro North Riverdale train station, which temporarily disrupted service.
October 2010FloodSpuyten Duyvil-Flooding occurred on the southbound Major Deegan Expressway at 233rd St in the Bronx.

Every storm recorded in Bronx 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
Kings Bridge0.7 miles42
Dodgewood0.9 miles42
Kings Bridge Heights1.1 miles42
Fieldston1.2 miles42
Fordham Hill1.2 miles42
Riverdale1.5 miles42
University Heights1.5 miles42
Fordham1.8 miles42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966152. 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.