Stissing, New York
28 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 lies near Old Attlebury Hill. The Survey maps it on the Pine Plains quadrangle.
Then and now
1899 to 1993The 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.


On record in Stissing
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.
Attlebury Schoolhouselisted 2016 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 28 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1899 USGS Millbrook quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Millbrook quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Pine Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Pine Plains quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
67 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Stissing between 1993 and 2019, burning about 68 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 1 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 28 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 July 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 24 June 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Stissing: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Silver, Lead, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant Lead Mine | Lead, Silver, Iron, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | Chalcocite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant Mine | Lead, Copper, Iron, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant Pb Mine | Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Smithfield Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Bangall Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Bangall Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Liberia Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| South Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stissing in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2022: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stissing | - | Law enforcement reported a tree on the roadway. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stissing | - | Trees were downed. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attlebury | 0.9 miles | 28 | |
| McIntyre | 1.6 miles | 28 | |
| Bangall | 2.4 miles | 28 | |
| Stanfordville | 3.4 miles | 29 | |
| Market | 3.6 miles | 28 | |
| Bethel | 4.0 miles | 28 | |
| Shekomeko | 4.6 miles | 27 | |
| Smithfield | 4.6 miles | 27 |
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 Q122598096 | The 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 966458. 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.










