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Woodlands, New York

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Greenburgh town. It lies in ZIP code area 10530. It lies near Washington Hill. The Survey maps it on the White Plains quadrangle.

Woodlands 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 Woodlands, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Woodlands, surveyed 1892

On record in Woodlands

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 39 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

887 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 887 fires within 5 miles of Woodlands between 2000 and 2020, burning about 767 acres in total. 69 started naturally. 82 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/undetermined526
Arson/incendiarism82
Smoking73
Natural69
Recreation and ceremony65
Equipment and vehicle use27
Debris and open burning19
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Other causes1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2003Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Woodlands: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Molybdenum, Rhenium, Tungsten, Tantalum. 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
(Facility) Chester Metals Division RefinerySilverPlant
Dobbs Ferry PlantMolybdenum, Rhenium, Tungsten, TantalumProducer
Sparkill Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sparkill PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this place

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodlands in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWoodlands$1,000A tree reported down on 1-87 southbound between Exit 7A and 7. Tree blocking right lane with the time estimated by radar.
December 2023Flash FloodWoodlands-Flooding on Saw Mill River Parkway southbound approaching Exit 18 Cyrus Field Road. All lanes closed.

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
Worthington0.5 miles39
Ardsley1.0 miles39
East Irvington1.8 miles39
Chauncey1.9 miles39
Ardsley-on-Hudson1.9 miles39
Hartsdale2.0 miles39
Irvington2.1 miles39
Dobbs Ferry2.1 miles39

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971658. 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.