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Webutuck Agricultural Valley Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1899.

From the record

One of 266 National Register listings published here for Dutchess County · listed in 2024 · category: District.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Then and now

1899 to 1993

The ground this property stands on, 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 covering Webutuck Agricultural Valley Historic District, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet covering Webutuck Agricultural Valley Historic District, surveyed 1899

Fires near this property

102 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Webutuck Agricultural Valley Historic District between 1993 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined50
Debris and open burning22
Natural15
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2016Debris and open burning1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of ForestryWEST WOODS ROAD #1

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Webutuck Agricultural Valley Historic District: 16 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Iron, Manganese, Copper. 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
Quartzite QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
General Bush Copper MineCopperPast Producer
General Bush Copper MineCopperPast Producer
Amenia Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1825, 1835
Amenia MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1760
Manhattan MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Manhattan Sharon Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerLimonite
Gridley Limonite MineIronPast ProducerLimonite, Siderite
Gridley MineIronPast Producer
Gridley Mine/Amenia/Squabble Hole MinesIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this property

19 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amenia, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 16 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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
May 2000Thunderstorm WindAmenia$245,000no account filed
April 2021Tornado (EF1)Amenia$45,000A tornado briefly touched down just south of Amenia, New York |and moved north northeast into the village. The tornado started|near the intersection of Powder House Road and Ohandley Drive and|caused sporadic damage along its path length. One house along|Ohandley drive had partial roof damage and a two by four and a|small branch driven into the side of the home. Nine out of ten |homes on Ohandley Drive sustained damage. The tornado ended near |the intersection of Mechanic Street and East Main Street where it |ripped the roof off a restaurant.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindAmenia$8,000no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindAmenia$2,000no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindSouth Amenia-NWS Albany received a report of large tree limbs down blocking one lane on NY-22 in Amenia via an email from NY Alert.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindAmenia-A 911 call center operator reported a tree down across Old Route 22 near Amenia Lake Road.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAmenia-Trees were downed on Sharon Station Road near Amenia.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindAmenia-Routes 22 was closed due to a downed tree.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindAmenia-Yellow City Road was closed due to a downed tree.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindAmenia-Mygatt Road was closed due to a downed tree.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindAmenia-Multiple trees were downed in the hamlet of Amenia prompting road closures on Depot Hill Road, Midway Road, and Prospect Avenue.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSouth Amenia-Downed tree was blocking lanes on Southbound Highway 9.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindAmenia-Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Amenia.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindAmenia-Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Amenia.
June 2012HailAmenia-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Amenia.
July 2012HailSouth Amenia-Quarter-sized hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Wassaic.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindAmenia-A tree was reported down on Route 343 just east of Route 44 in Amenia due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindAmenia-Trees and wires were reported down in Amenia due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindAmenia-Fire and Rescue personnel reported trees and wires were blown down onto Depot Road in Amenia.

Every storm recorded in Dutchess County

Maps showing this location

10 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
Hendrik Winegar House0.7 miles1975
St. Thomas' Episcopal Church0.9 miles2005
Lewis Mumford House1.8 miles1999
Beth David Synagogue2.3 miles2002
Indian Rock Schoolhouse2.7 miles2002
Hiddenhurst5.0 miles1991

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100009322 in Record Group 79.
Dutchess CountyAll 266 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.