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Tomkins Cove, New York

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Stony Point town. It lies in ZIP code area 10986. It lies near Buckberg Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Peekskill quadrangle.

Tomkins Cove within Rockland 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 Tomkins Cove, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Tomkins Cove, surveyed 1892

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 43 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

641 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 641 fires within 5 miles of Tomkins Cove between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,857 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 58 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/undetermined414
Smoking64
Arson/incendiarism58
Natural36
Equipment and vehicle use21
Recreation and ceremony20
Debris and open burning14
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6

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 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rockland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Tomkins Cove: 14 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Emery, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica. 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
Anthony's Nose DepositSulfurPast Producer
Peekskill AreaTitanium, Metal, Iron, AluminumOccurrence
Peekskill Area ProspectTitanium, Aluminum, IronProspect
Peter Wyant Mica Property DepositMica, GraphiteProspect
Phillips MineMolybdenum, UraniumOccurrenceReplacement
Phillips Mine-Camp Smith AreaCobalt, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, UraniumPast Producer1866
Stony Point MillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Tompkins Cove QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tompkins Cove QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Deluca Emery No. 2 MineEmeryProducer

Every working recorded in Rockland County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tomkins Cove in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2011: 4 hail, 1 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 2010Thunderstorm WindTomkins Cove$1,500A tree was downed on US 9 near Buckberg Mountain Road in the town of Stony Point. US 9 was closed for 2 hours due to the downed tree.
July 2010HailTomkins Cove-Quarter size hail was reported in Tompkins Cove.
July 2010HailTomkins Cove-Hen egg size hail was reported in Tompkins Cove.
August 2008HailTomkins Cove-Nickel size hail was reported on Quennsboro Road in Stony Point.
August 2011HailTomkins Cove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rockland 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
Buckberg0.5 miles43
Bulsontown1.8 miles35
Stony Point1.9 miles36
Cedar Flats2.4 miles33
Jones Point2.5 miles43
Doodletown (historical)3.1 miles35
West Haverstraw3.3 miles36
Samsondale3.4 miles36

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 967630. 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.