Tompkins Corners, New York
40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Putnam Valley town. It lies in ZIP code area 10579. It stands on Wiccopee Brook. The Survey maps it on the Oscawana Lake quadrangle.
Then and now
1892 to 1986The 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 Tompkins Corners
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.
Tompkins Corners United Methodist Churchlisted 1983 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 40 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.
- 1892 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1899 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500, 12 printings
- 1936 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS West Point quadrangle1:48000
- 1941 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Oscawana Lake quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
404 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 404 fires within 5 miles of Tompkins Corners between 1993 and 2020, burning about 317 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 45 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 | 217 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Smoking | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Tompkins Corners: 35 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Titanium, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croft Magnetite Mine | Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | Magnetite, Pyrite | |
| Croft Mine | Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Denny Mine | Titanium, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Nathaniel Bradley's Limonite Pits | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Hk-027 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| N. Bradley's Limonite Pit | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Nathaniel Bradley's Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Wood Avenue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Wood Avenue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tompkins Corners in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tompkins Corners | $2,500 | A tree was down across the northbound lanes of the Taconic State Parkway near the Pudding Street Exit. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Tompkins Corners | - | All lanes flooded on Taconic State Parkway near Tompkins Corners. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bullet Hole | 0.9 miles | 40 | |
| West Mahopac | 2.0 miles | 41 | |
| Mahopac Mines | 2.3 miles | 40 | |
| Mahopac Falls | 2.8 miles | 41 | |
| Oscawana Corners | 3.2 miles | 40 | |
| Stillwater | 3.2 miles | 41 | |
| Sunnybrook | 3.2 miles | 40 | |
| Gilbert Corners | 3.6 miles | 40 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Tompkins Corners | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q54888452 | 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 967637. 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.














