BlockAllaben, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Shandaken town. It lies in ZIP code area 12480. It lies near Peck Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Phoenicia quadrangle.
Then and now
1900 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1900 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1900 USGS Phoenicia quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Phoenicia quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1946 USGS Phoenicia quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Phoenicia quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pepacton Reservoir quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Phoenicia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Allaben between 1993 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 13 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 17 July 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 16 July 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 27 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 26 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.3 acres | New York Forest Rangers | MUDDY BROOK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allaben in 3 storm reports in 2010: 2 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2010 | Flash Flood | Allaben | - | A state of emergency was declared in the Town of Shandaken due to severe flooding in Phoenicia. The culprits were the Esopus Creek and some its tributaries.||In Phoenicia, Main Street, Station Road, Plank Road and Heardman Road were closed due to flooding. Ten people had to be evacuated from the Globe Trailer Park on Station Road because water reached the edge of the property. Also, businesses in the Belleayre Plaza on Route 28 experienced flooding. There were numerous reports of flooded basements. A portion of Route 28 in Mount Tremper was closed due to flooding.||Also, in the Shandaken Hamlet of Woodland Valley, Woodland Valley Road was reported closed due to flooding.||The Esopus Creek at Cold Brook, MTRN6, was above flood stage from 11:47 am through 11:57 pm and crested at 18.21 feet at 4 pm. Flood stage is 11 feet and major flood stage is 18 feet. |
| January 2010 | Flash Flood | Allaben | - | The river gauge at Allaben on the Esopus Creek exceeded its 7 foot flood stage. |
| October 2010 | Flood | Allaben | - | A few homes had to be evacuated along Riseley Road in the hamlet of Mount Tremper due to the heavy rains. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shandaken | 1.3 miles | 24 | |
| Chichester | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Bushnellsville | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Phoenicia | 3.7 miles | 24 | |
| Big Indian | 4.0 miles | 24 | |
| Woodland | 4.8 miles | 24 | |
| Pine Hill | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Oliverea | 5.9 miles | 24 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122566939 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942337. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.
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.