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Arietta, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Arietta town. It lies in ZIP code area 12032. It stands on North Branch West Branch Sacandaga River. The Survey maps it on the Canada Lake quadrangle.

Arietta within Hamilton County

Then and now

1901 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Arietta, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Arietta, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

On record in Arietta

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

18 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Arietta between 2002 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1

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
5 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBOULDER
27 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersANDREW LOOMIS FIRE
26 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersTROUT LAKE FIRE
14 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBROOMSTICK LAKE CAMPFIRE
7 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersNINE CORNER LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton County

Storms near this place

6 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arietta in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2025Thunderstorm WindArietta-A tree was reported down near Route 10 north of Arietta.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindArietta-Downed trees were reported near Arietta.
November 2019FloodArietta-Route 10 was closed between Route 8 and the Fulton County line due to flooding.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindArietta-Two trees, and several power lines were reported down near Arietta due to strong thunderstorm winds. The downed wires reportedly started a fire.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindArietta-Powerlines were blown down in Arietta.
May 2004Flash FloodArietta-Law Enforcement reported Rt 10 closed by NYSDOT approximately two weeks due to roadside culvert and road flooding.

Every storm recorded in Hamilton 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
Averys Place3.9 miles24
Shaker Place5.4 miles24
Powley Place8.5 miles24
Upper Benson9.6 miles22
Higgins Bay11.2 miles26
Benson12.7 miles26
Rudeston13.1 miles26
Blackbridge13.4 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942552. 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.