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.
Then and now
1901 to 1997The 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.


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 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.
- 1901 USGS Lassellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Lassellsville quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1945 USGS Canada Lake quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Lassellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Canada Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Canada Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 2002Regional 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 ceremony | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BOULDER |
| 27 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | ANDREW LOOMIS FIRE |
| 26 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | TROUT LAKE FIRE |
| 14 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BROOMSTICK LAKE CAMPFIRE |
| 7 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | NINE CORNER LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2004Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arietta | - | A tree was reported down near Route 10 north of Arietta. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arietta | - | Downed trees were reported near Arietta. |
| November 2019 | Flood | Arietta | - | Route 10 was closed between Route 8 and the Fulton County line due to flooding. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arietta | - | Two trees, and several power lines were reported down near Arietta due to strong thunderstorm winds. The downed wires reportedly started a fire. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arietta | - | Powerlines were blown down in Arietta. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Arietta | - | Law Enforcement reported Rt 10 closed by NYSDOT approximately two weeks due to roadside culvert and road flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Averys Place | 3.9 miles | 24 | |
| Shaker Place | 5.4 miles | 24 | |
| Powley Place | 8.5 miles | 24 | |
| Upper Benson | 9.6 miles | 22 | |
| Higgins Bay | 11.2 miles | 26 | |
| Benson | 12.7 miles | 26 | |
| Rudeston | 13.1 miles | 26 | |
| Blackbridge | 13.4 miles | 26 |
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.












