Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.
“Torne Brook Farm is a historic home and farm complex of 15 acres, located at Ramapo near Torne Mountain in Rockland County, New York.”
Wikipedia article Torne Brook Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 93 National Register listings published here for Rockland County · listed in 1988 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 781 fires within 5 miles of Torne Brook Farm between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,870 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 85 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 | 419 |
| Smoking | 119 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 85 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 64 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 | NA |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2001 | Smoking | 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 |
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Torne Brook Farm: 9 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffern Deposit | Graphite | Prospect | ||
| Suffern Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| McKee Bros Sand and Gravel Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mount Ivy Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mount Ivy Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bering Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Bering/Morehead Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Magnetite | |
| Butler Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1868, 1880 | |
| Morehead Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Redback Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1780 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ramapo, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2006: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Brook Chapel | 1.1 miles | 2010 |
 | Main School | 1.1 miles | 2015 |
 | Sloat House | 1.7 miles | 1974 |
 | Sloat's Dam and Mill Pond | 1.8 miles | 2000 |
 | US Post Office-Suffern | 1.8 miles | 1989 |
 | Old Sloatsburg Cemetery | 1.9 miles | 1999 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88000611 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Rockland County | All 93 listed properties in this county. |
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