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Underwood, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1999. It stands in North Hudson town. It lies in ZIP code area 12964. It stands on Moss Pond Brook. The Survey maps it on the Underwood quadrangle.

Underwood within Essex County

Then and now

1894 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Underwood, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Underwood, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 28 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

8 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Underwood between 2007 and 2020, burning about 13 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBALD MT FIRE
6 September 2015Smoking6.4 acresFire Department of New YorkCROWFOOT
7 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersNUBBLE FIRE
28 July 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresNew York Forest RangersDEAD CREEK FLOW
15 July 2020Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCROWFOOT POND FIRE
4 May 2007Smoking3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 November 2008Smoking1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 October 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersNUBBLE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Underwood: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Titanium, 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
Dalton OreTitanium, Metal, IronOccurrenceIlmenite
Dalton Ore BodyTitanium, IronProspect
Lewis QuarryWollastoniteProducer1980
Underwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kent MineIronPast ProducerReplacement

Every working recorded in Essex County

Storms near this place

4 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Underwood in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindUnderwood$20,000Trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindUnderwood$5,000Trees down on US Route 9, just north of Sharp Bridge campground.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindUnderwood$5,000Trees down blocking Route 9 in Underwood.
May 2017HailUnderwood-Quarter-size hail reported.

Every storm recorded in Essex 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
New Russia6.2 miles28
Saint Huberts7.0 miles29
Witherbee7.6 miles28
Mineville8.4 miles28
Grover Hills8.8 miles28
Moriah Center9.0 miles28
Keene Valley9.1 miles29
Moriah9.5 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968130. 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.