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Windmill Farm, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1998. It stands in North Castle town. It lies in ZIP code area 10504. It lies near Halls Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mount Kisco quadrangle.

Windmill Farm within Westchester County

Then and now

1892 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Windmill Farm, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Windmill Farm, surveyed 1892

Compare 1892 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

226 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Windmill Farm between 2001 and 2020, burning about 194 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined99
Natural28
Smoking21
Arson/incendiarism19
Recreation and ceremony18
Equipment and vehicle use16
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Debris and open burning10
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
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Debris and open burning3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Windmill Farm: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Peat, Feldspar, Quartz. 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
Armonk PlantPeatPast ProducerPeat
Hobby QuarriesFeldspar, QuartzPast Producer
Baylis Rock QuarryStonePast Producer
Baylis Rock QuarryStonePast Producer
Kinkel Gneiss Rock QuarriesStoneProducer
Kinkel Gneiss Rock QuarriesStonePast Producer

Every working 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
North Castle0.5 miles35
Armonk2.3 miles35
Bedford Four Corners3.5 miles35
Bedford4.4 miles35
Chappaqua4.5 miles40
Mount Kisco4.6 miles35
Kirbyville4.9 miles35
Bedford Center5.1 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971468. 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.