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Alpine, New York

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Catharine town. It lies in ZIP code area 14805. It lies near The Gulf. The Survey maps it on the Alpine quadrangle. It stands 1,165 feet above sea level.

Alpine within Schuyler County

Then and now

1893 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Alpine, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Alpine, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 34 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

74 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Alpine between 1993 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
2 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 July 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 June 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schuyler County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Alpine: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
D.Hager No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Jackson Hollow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jackson Hollow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pertl PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pertl PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wickham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Schuyler County

Storms near this place

4 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alpine in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2017Thunderstorm WindAlpine$7,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a tree which damaged a trailer and created localized power outages.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindAlpine$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down wires.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindAlpine$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees in Alpine.
May 2017HailAlpine-A severe thunderstorm developed over the area and produced quarter sized hail.

Every storm recorded in Schuyler County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Alpine Junction1.5 miles34
Cayuta2.6 miles34
Catharine3.2 miles31
Odessa3.8 miles31
Cayutaville5.5 miles35
Deckertown6.1 miles31
Montour Falls6.8 miles31
Smith Valley7.0 miles35

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.

Wikipedia article on AlpineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48740574The 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 942392. 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.

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.