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Photograph of Somers Hamlet Historic District
Photograph by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Somers Hamlet Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.

From the record

“The Somers Hamlet Historic District is a historic district located along US 202 in Somers Hamlet in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is the stretch of highway between the junctions with NY 100 and NY 116, including small portions of both highways.”

Wikipedia article Somers Hamlet Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 250 National Register listings published here for Westchester County · listed in 2004 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Fires near this property

313 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 313 fires within 5 miles of Somers Hamlet Historic District between 2000 and 2020, burning about 232 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 32 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/undetermined151
Natural34
Arson/incendiarism32
Smoking29
Debris and open burning24
Power generation/transmission/distribution19
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor5

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Somers Hamlet Historic District: 13 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Sulfur, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Croton Magnetite Iron MinesIron, CopperPast Producer1880
Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Gk-013StonePast Producer
Brewster MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Somers Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Croton - Theall Magnetite MineIron, Copper, SulfurPast Producer1880, 1883
Croton-Mc Collum Magnetite MineIron, Copper, SulfurPast Producer1843, 1880
Croton-Theall Magnetite MineIron, Copper, SulfurPast Producer
Brady Farm ShaftIronProspect
Brewster MinesIronPast Producer1810
Clover Hill Magnetite MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this property

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Somers, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024Thunderstorm WindSomers$10,000Photos of tree on a house in Somers.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindSomers$7,000Route 116 closed due to downed trees. Trees also down on Route 202.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSomers$5,000A tree was reported down on a car on Route 22.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSomers$3,000Multiple reports of trees down in Somers.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSomers$3,000Several large trees and wires were reported down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSomers$3,000Multiple trees and wires were reported down in Somers.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindSomers$3,000Trees were reported down in the town.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindSomers$3,000Trees and wires were reported down along Route 100 in Somers.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindSomers$2,000Tree limbs down and yard furniture tossed and damaged due to thunderstorm wind gusts.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindSomers$1,000Tree down blocking Somers Road between Somerset Drive and Crane Road.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindSomers-Several trees were blown over by severe thunderstorm winds.
March 2003HailSomers-A trained spotter reported penny size hail in Somers at 910 pm.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindSomers-no account filed
June 2001HailSomers-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindSomers-no account filed
July 1996Flash FloodSomers-no account filed
October 1995Thunderstorm WindSomers-no account filed
May 1994Thunderstorm WindSomers-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Westchester County

Maps showing this location

13 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Joseph Purdy Homestead1.5 miles1973
North Salem Town Hall1.5 miles1980
Gerard Crane House2.6 miles1985
Mead Memorial Chapel2.7 miles1999
Union Hall3.0 miles1986
Elephant Hotel3.0 miles2005

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 04000349 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Westchester CountyAll 250 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • 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.