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.
Then and now
1894 to 1999The 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.


Compare 1894 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1894 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1895 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Witherbee quadrangle1:25000
- 1986 USGS Lake Champlain South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Witherbee quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
8 since 2007Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BALD MT FIRE |
| 6 September 2015 | Smoking | 6.4 acres | Fire Department of New York | CROWFOOT |
| 7 August 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | NUBBLE FIRE |
| 28 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | New York Forest Rangers | DEAD CREEK FLOW |
| 15 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | CROWFOOT POND FIRE |
| 4 May 2007 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 November 2008 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 October 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | NUBBLE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton Ore | Titanium, Metal, Iron | Occurrence | Ilmenite | |
| Dalton Ore Body | Titanium, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Lewis Quarry | Wollastonite | Producer | 1980 | |
| Underwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kent Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Replacement |
Storms near this place
4 since 2017Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Underwood | $20,000 | Trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Underwood | $5,000 | Trees down on US Route 9, just north of Sharp Bridge campground. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Underwood | $5,000 | Trees down blocking Route 9 in Underwood. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Underwood | - | Quarter-size hail reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Russia | 6.2 miles | 28 | |
| Saint Huberts | 7.0 miles | 29 | |
| Witherbee | 7.6 miles | 28 | |
| Mineville | 8.4 miles | 28 | |
| Grover Hills | 8.8 miles | 28 | |
| Moriah Center | 9.0 miles | 28 | |
| Keene Valley | 9.1 miles | 29 | |
| Moriah | 9.5 miles | 28 |
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.









