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Photograph of Warrensburg Mills Historic District
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Warrensburg Mills Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.

From the record

“Warrensburg Mills Historic District is a national historic district located at Warrensburg, Warren County, New York. It includes 58 contributing buildings and four contributing structures.”

Wikipedia article Warrensburg Mills Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 76 National Register listings published here for Warren County · listed in 1975 · category: District.

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

The listing

Then and now

1903 to 1989

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Warrensburg Mills Historic District, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet covering Warrensburg Mills Historic District, surveyed 1903

Fires near this property

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Warrensburg Mills Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 191 acres in total. 17 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/undetermined48
Debris and open burning29
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural17
Recreation and ceremony16
Smoking15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
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
6 September 2015Smoking1.9 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkPROSPECT MOUNTAIN
22 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNew York Forest RangersSTONY CREEK RD
2 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Warrensburg Mills Historic District: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Graphite, Iron, Granite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Parker MineGarnetPast Producer1892, 1897
Toney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed OccurrenceIronOccurrence1922
Unnamed OccurrenceGranitePast ProducerMetamorphic
Mammoth Cave ProspectGraphiteOccurrence1925, 1975
Mammoth Cave ProspectGraphiteProspect
Pottersville ProspectGraphiteProspect

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this property

27 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Warrensburg, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 5 flood, 2 lightning. 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
January 2018FloodWarrensburg$1,000,000Flooding occurred along the Hudson River between Warrensburg and The Glen due to an ice jam. People were stranded in houses on Glen Creek Road and one family was evacuated. The water eroded a portion of River Road in the town of Thurman and flooded the Glen Hudson campsite, prompting an evacuation of the owners. The water and ice also spread onto Cronin's Golf Course. To the south, water and ice flowed over the Route 418 bridge, resulting in an extended closure for the better part of 12 days. Stony Creek Road was also flooded near Cameron Road.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWarrensburg$92,000no account filed
May 1993Thunderstorm WindWarrensburg$50,000no account filed
December 2023FloodWarrensburg$25,000The Schroon River rose to moderate flood stage resulting in flooding and washouts along Schroon River Road and East Schroon River Road near Warrensburg.
May 1997LightningWarrensburg$20,000Lightning destroyed a head start classroom and office building on the Warrensburg Elementary School Campus during the afternoon of May 9.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindWarrensburg$8,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindWarrensburg$5,000Severe thunderstorms moved across parts of eastern New York ahead of a low pressure system which was moving into the area during the afternoon hours of July 30th. Thunderstorm winds downed trees and powerlines with Washington and Herkimer Counties being hardest hit. In Colonie torrential rains resulted in an urban flood as storm drains backed up.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindWarrensburg$5,000no account filed
March 2026FloodWarrensburg$3,500Warren County Emergency Managers, with the help of local broadcast media partners, reported that at 10 A.M. on Thursday, March 12th, an ice jam that had accumulated near the Route 28 Bridge at The Glen in Johnsburg, NY broke free and rapidly flowed downstream. Large chunks of ice were swiftly carried downstream towards the towns of Thurman and Warrensburg. In the town of Warrensburg, portions of the Warren County Fish Hatchery become inundated with large pieces of ice and water from a nearby branch off the Hudson River. The ice jam flooding impacted some of the facility's land for several days.
December 2023FloodWarrensburg$2,000Schroon River Road (County Route 10) in Warrensburg was closed due to flooding.
September 2010LightningWarrensburg$1,000A pole was reported burning on Schroon River Road in Warrensburg due to a lightning strike.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindWarrensburg-A report of a downed tree in Warrensburg was relayed to NWS Albany via social media.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindWarrensburg-An Amateur Radio operator reported trees down in the vicinity of the Lake George Escape Campground.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWarrensburg-Trees and wires were reported down in Warrensburg as a result of thunderstorm winds.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWarrensburg-Trees and wires were reported down in Warrensburg due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindWarrensburg-Trees and branches were downed along Route 418 in the town of Thurman due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWarrensburg-Multiple trees were reported down at Camp Echo Lake in Warrensburg with one falling on a camping vehicle as a result of thunderstorm winds.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWarrensburg-Trees were reported down on Route 9 in Warrensburg as a result of thunderstorm winds.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindWarrensburg-Trees and power lines were reported down in Warrensburg as a result of thunderstorm winds.
October 2012HailWarrensburg-Hail up to size of quarters was reported during a thunderstorm in Warrensburg. Most of the hail stones were around one half inch in diameter.
May 2011Flash FloodWarrensburg-The Northway, Interstate 87, was closed between Exits 23 and 25 due to water and debris covering the road. The southbound lanes were re-opened just before 6:30 pm EDT, however the northbound lanes remained closed until 9:30 pm EDT.
May 2011HailWarrensburg-Golf ball size hail was reported in Warrensburg during a thunderstorm.
May 2006FloodWarrensburg-On May 1, at Riverbank, the Schroon River had some lingering flooding from heavy rainfall during the last week in April. The water level dropped below the 7-foot Riverbank flood stage at 18:45 EST.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindWarrensburg-Trees and powerlines were blown down county-wide.
May 2019HailWarrensburg-no account filed
September 2000HailWarrensburg-no account filed
May 1993HailWarrensburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Warren County

Maps showing this location

9 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
Mixter Blacksmith Shop0.4 miles2002
Merrill MaGee House0.5 miles1985
Hamlet of Warrensburgh Historic District0.6 miles2001
Royal C. Peabody Estate4.8 miles1984
St. James Episcopal Church5.3 miles2013
Caldwell Presbyterian Church5.4 miles2016

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 75001232 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Warren CountyAll 76 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.