Wiccopee, New York
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in East Fishkill town. It lies in ZIP code area 12533. It stands on Wiccopee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hopewell Junction quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1993The 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 sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 35 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.
- 1893 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1903 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1936 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hopewell Junction quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Hopewell Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
428 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 428 fires within 5 miles of Wiccopee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 760 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 67 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 | 175 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 67 |
| Smoking | 54 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Natural | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
| 5 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Wiccopee: 27 past producers, 8 producers, 1 prospect. 8 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalmers Fahnestock Uranium Claims | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Probably Borrow Pit of Limestone Or Unconsolidated Material | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stormville Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit No. Hj-022 | Clay | Past Producer | Clay | |
| Clay Pit No. Hj-022 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Hk-025 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-025 | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wiccopee in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2021: 1 lightning, 1 hail, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Flash Flood | Wiccopee | $300,000 | Several roads were closed in the town of East Fishkill due to flash flooding. The County Executive declared a state of emergency and restricted all non-essential travel due to the flooding. |
| July 2014 | Lightning | Wiccopee | $25,000 | A house was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm on East Hook Road in Wiccopee. The house caught on fire as a result of the lightning strike. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Wiccopee | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brinckerhoff | 1.2 miles | 35 | |
| Lomala | 1.5 miles | 35 | |
| Swartoutville | 1.7 miles | 35 | |
| Fishkill | 2.8 miles | 36 | |
| East Fishkill | 2.9 miles | 35 | |
| Shenandoah | 3.1 miles | 35 | |
| Birchwood Park | 3.4 miles | 36 | |
| Hopewell Junction | 3.7 miles | 35 |
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 Q122571837 | 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 971206. 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.













