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One of 93 National Register listings published here for Rockland County · listed in 2017 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Blauvelt-Cropsey Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.
The listing
- Address. 230 S. Little Tor Rd., New City, 10956
- When was it listed? January 2017
- Category. building
- Town. Clarkstown town
- National Register reference number. 100000614 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
2,486 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,486 fires within 5 miles of Blauvelt-Cropsey Farm between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,859 acres in total. 122 started naturally. 200 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 | 1473 |
| Smoking | 374 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 200 |
| Natural | 122 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 107 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 94 |
| Debris and open burning | 57 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 40 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Blauvelt-Cropsey Farm: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haverstraw Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Haverstraw Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| West Nyack Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| West Nyack Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
22 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New City, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 18 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | New City | 1 hurt, $5,000 | A tree down on an occupied car on Laurel Road between Wayne Avenue and Capitol Court. Driver sustained a minor hand injury. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | New City | $10,000 | A large tree fell onto a house along Mill Creek Road in New City. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | New City | $5,000 | A tree was reported down on a house in New City. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | New City | $5,000 | Around a dozen trees and several power lines were reported down in New City, including across Route 304 and near Goebel Road. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | New City | $3,000 | Numerous trees, wires and poles were reported down around town. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | New City | $2,000 | A few trees and power lines were reported down in New City. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | New City | $1,000 | Numerous trees were downed on wires around New City. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | New City | $1,000 | A maple tree was reported snapped in half at 2 Ember Drive in New City. |
| April 2024 | Hail | New City | - | Video showing hail with a few up to the size of quarters. |
| August 2011 | Flood | New City | - | Basement flooding occurred on Fernwood Dr. in New City. |
| October 2010 | Flood | New City | - | Congers Rd. at Main St. was closed due to flooding in New City. Rainfall totals ranged from 4.47 inches in West Nyack to 6.24 inches in Thiells. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New City | - | Trees and power lines down in New City and Stony Point. |
| October 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | New City | - | As a thunderstorm moved across Rockland County, it developed into a severe thunderstorm. This storm produced damaging winds that knocked several trees down in New City. This was reported by local police. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | New City | - | Police reported that strong winds knocked down several trees and power lines. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | New City | - | Local police reported several trees knocked over by this storm. |
| July 2011 | Hail | New City | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | New City | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | New City | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | New City | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New City | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | New City | - | no account filed |
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | New City | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
13 surveysUnited 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.
- 1891 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1910 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1931 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1931 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Thiells quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Rockland County Courthouse and Dutch Gardens | 1.1 miles | 1991 |
| Tallman-Budke and Vanderbilt-Budke-Traphagen Houses | 1.3 miles | 2017 | |
 | H.R. Stevens House | 1.9 miles | 2005 |
 | English Church and Schoolhouse | 2.1 miles | 1977 |
 | North Main Street School | 2.3 miles | 2008 |
 | US Post Office-Spring Valley | 2.7 miles | 1989 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100000614 in Record Group 79. |
| Rockland County | All 93 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.