BlockAtwell, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ohio town. It lies in ZIP code area 13338. It lies near Cool Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Bisby Lakes quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 25 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 Old Forge quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Old Forge quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Raquette Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Honnedaga Lake quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Atwell between 1995 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 26 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 26 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | NORTH LAKE SHORE |
| 4 July 1995 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 29 July 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 28 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | NORTH LAKE FIRE |
| 17 April 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atwell in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atwell | - | A tree was downed on North Lake Road. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atwell | - | Trees and wires were downed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Wilmurt | 6.4 miles | 23 | |
| Wolf Lake Landing | 6.7 miles | 22 | |
| Herkimer Landing | 6.9 miles | 25 | |
| Nobleboro | 9.9 miles | 24 | |
| McKeever | 10.2 miles | 22 | |
| Wheelertown | 10.9 miles | 23 | |
| Minnehaha | 11.5 miles | 23 | |
| Mountain Lodge | 12.1 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942686. 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.