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Twin Lakes Village, New York

41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Lewisboro town. It lies in ZIP code area 10590. It lies near Long Pond Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Peach Lake quadrangle.

Twin Lakes Village within Westchester County

Then and now

1892 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Twin Lakes Village, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Twin Lakes Village, surveyed 1892

Compare 1892 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 41 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

80 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Twin Lakes Village between 1993 and 2019, burning about 78 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined40
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning7
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 1995Smoking1.5 acresConnecticut Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 1995Smokingunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestrynot named
23 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Twin Lakes Village: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Quartz, Marble, Dimension, Mica, Quartz. 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
Brewster MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pegmatite QuarryMica, QuartzPast Producer
Ridgefield Pegmatite QuarryFeldspar, QuartzPast ProducerFeldspar
Ridgefield QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Westchester 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
Truesdale Lake1.2 miles41
Waccabuc1.5 miles41
Grant Corner1.8 miles41
South Salem2.1 miles41
North Salem2.5 miles41
Salem Center2.6 miles41
Boutonville2.9 miles41
Cross River3.5 miles41

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968054. 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.