Varick Homes, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Newburgh City. It lies in ZIP code area 12550. It stands on Quassaic Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newburgh quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Varick Homes
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 9 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Dutch Reformed ChurchNational Historic Landmark · listed 1970 · 0.1 miles away
Washington's HeadquartersNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.5 miles away
Montgomery-Grand-Liberty Streets Historic Districtlisted 1973 · 0.2 miles away
US Post Office-Newburghlisted 1989 · 0.2 miles away
Old Town Cemetery and Palatine Church Sitelisted 2000 · 0.2 miles away
David Crawford Houselisted 1972 · 0.3 miles away
East End Historic Districtlisted 1985 · 0.3 miles away
New York State Armonylisted 1981 · 0.5 miles away- Newburgh Colored Burial Groundlisted 2010 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 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.
- 1903 USGS Newburg quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1903 USGS Newburgh quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS Newburgh quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Newburgh North quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Newburgh quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
723 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 723 fires within 5 miles of Varick Homes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,171 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 74 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 | 442 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 74 |
| Smoking | 50 |
| Natural | 43 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Varick Homes: 20 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Graphite Mine No. Hk-019 | Graphite | Past Producer | Graphite | |
| Graphite Mine No. Hk-019 | Graphite | Past Producer | ||
| Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Hk-021 | Stone | Past Producer | Gneiss, Granite | |
| Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-021 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Chateaugay Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1871 | |
| Limonite Mine No. Hj-024 | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Limonite Mine No. Hj-024. | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Fe Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newburgh | 0.2 miles | 26 | |
| New Windsor | 2.1 miles | 35 | |
| Balmville | 2.1 miles | 26 | |
| Glenwood Park | 2.3 miles | 26 | |
| Windsor Crest | 2.9 miles | 35 | |
| Butter Hill Estates | 3.4 miles | 35 | |
| Middle Hope | 3.8 miles | 26 | |
| Roseton | 3.9 miles | 36 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122594444 | 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 2093278. 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.










