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Stanfordville, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Stanford town. It lies in ZIP code area 12581. It stands on Hunns Lake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Millbrook quadrangle. It stands 358 feet above sea level.

Stanfordville 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 Stanfordville, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Stanfordville, surveyed 1899

On record in Stanfordville

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

105 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Stanfordville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined41
Arson/incendiarism28
Debris and open burning14
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2

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
8 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess 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 Stanfordville: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bangall Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Bangall Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clinton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Frank S. Fanelli Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Frank S. Fanelli Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Liberia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Route 82 Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Shunpike Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Standford S & G Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Stanfordville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

11 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stanfordville in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 2000Thunderstorm WindStanfordville$13,000no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindStanfordville$12,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindStanfordville$6,000no account filed
July 2007Flash FloodStanfordville$1,000Very heavy rainfall from thunderstorms produced isolated flash flooding in Stanfordville. Route 82 within the town of Stanford was closed due to flooding.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindStanfordville-A local 911 call center reported trees down in Stanfordville.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindStanfordville-Law enforcement reported trees down.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindStanfordville-A tree was downed across Route 82.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindStanfordville-Trees were downed in Stanfordville.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindStanfordville-Trees and wires were reported down in the town of Stanford.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindStanfordville-Law enforcement personnel reported trees and wires blown down along Route 82 in Stanfordville.
August 2020HailStanfordville-no account filed

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
Bangall1.4 miles28
Willow Brook1.6 miles29
Market1.8 miles28
McIntyre1.8 miles28
Shunpike2.7 miles29
Stissing3.4 miles28
Clinton Corners3.6 miles29
Attlebury4.2 miles28

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.

Wikidata item Q123206766The 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 966218. 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.