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Verbank, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Union Vale town. It lies in ZIP code area 12585. It stands on Willow Brook. The Survey maps it on the Verbank quadrangle.

Verbank within Dutchess County

Then and now

1893 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Verbank, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Verbank, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 32 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

160 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Verbank between 1993 and 2020, burning about 251 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined87
Debris and open burning22
Natural18
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
14 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Verbank: 15 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Clay. 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
Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialClay, StonePast ProducerChert
Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialStone, ClayPast ProducerChert
Borrow PitStone, ClayPast Producer
Borrow PitStone, ClayPast Producer
Clove Limonite MineIronPast ProducerLimonite
Clove MineIronPast Producer
Clove Spring Limonite MineIronPast Producer1850, 1871
Clove Spring MineIronPast Producer
Clove Spring Mine/Clove/Unnamed MinesIronPast ProducerResidual
Unnamed Limonite MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Verbank in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2024Thunderstorm WindVerbank-There were multiple reports of trees and wires down in the town of Union Vale.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindVerbank-Trees and wires were reported down.

Every storm recorded in Dutchess 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
Verbank Village1.0 miles32
Hoxie Corner1.1 miles32
Camby2.5 miles32
Millbrook Heights2.6 miles29
Moores Mill2.6 miles32
North Clove3.0 miles32
South Millbrook3.2 miles29
Millbrook4.0 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973191. 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.