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Webatuck, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Dover town. It lies in ZIP code area 12594. It lies near Church Hill. The Survey maps it on the Dover Plains quadrangle.

Webatuck within Dutchess County

Then and now

1893 to 1998

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 Webatuck, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Webatuck, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 35 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

70 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Webatuck between 1993 and 2020, burning about 843 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined38
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestry94 KENT ROAD (RT7)
31 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 1999Natural25 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Webatuck: 20 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Peat. 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
Dover Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerLimonite, Siderite
Dover Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Wingdale Pit and PlantPeatPast ProducerPeat
Wingdale QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Wingdale Quarry and MillTitanium, MetalPast Producer
Deuel Hollow Limonite MineIronPast ProducerLimonite
Deuel Hollow Limonite MineIronPast Producer
Deuel Hollow MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Dover MineIronPast Producer
Dover Mine/Foss Ore BedIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Webatuck in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2013: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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
November 2013Thunderstorm WindWebatuck-The New York State Office of Emergency Management reported a partial road closure at the intersection of State Route 22 and Furlong Road in Wingdale due to a downed tree from thunderstorm winds.
July 2012HailWebatuck-Penny-sized hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Wingdale.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWebatuck-Trees and wires were reported down in Wingdale due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2011FloodWebatuck-Moderate flooding occurred on the Ten Mile River. The Webatuck river gage located near Old Forge Road in Wingdale exceeded its 9 foot flood stage at 11:42 am EST August 28th, its 10 foot moderate flood stage at 3:30 pm, crested at 10:14 feet at 4:45 pm August 28th, and then dropped below flood stage at 10:15 am August 29th.
June 2008HailWebatuck-Penny size hail was reported in Wingdale during a thunderstorm. In addition, trees were reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds.

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
South Dover0.5 miles35
Wingdale0.8 miles35
Wiley Shelter1.7 miles35
Dogtail Corners1.9 miles35
Dover Furnace2.7 miles35
Baker Corner4.6 miles35
Hurd Corners4.7 miles35
Pleasant Ridge4.9 miles32

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 Q122595771The 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 968968. 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.