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Vista, New York

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lewisboro town. It lies in ZIP code area 10590. It lies near Becks Hill. The Survey maps it on the Pound Ridge quadrangle.

Vista within Westchester County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Vista, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Vista, surveyed 1892

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 36 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

66 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Vista between 1994 and 2019, burning about 38 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined20
Natural15
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 August 2019Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 July 2009Naturalunder 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Vista: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver. 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
Wilton Lead MineLeadPast Producer
Wilton Silver and Galena Chalcopyrite MineSilverPast ProducerMetamorphosed Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this place

3 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vista in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2025Thunderstorm WindVista1 hurt, $1,000Tree down hitting a female on Samuel Dann Way.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindVista$1,000A tree was reported down on Smith Ridge Road in Lewisboro.
May 2004HailVista-Spotters reported penny size hail at Vista and Pound Ridge.

Every storm 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
East Woods1.3 miles36
Scotts Corners2.3 miles36
Lewisboro2.6 miles36
Horseshoe Hill3.3 miles36
Sarles Corners3.4 miles36
Pound Ridge3.5 miles36
Boutonville4.8 miles41
South Salem5.3 miles41

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968579. 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.