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Auriesville, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Glen town. It lies in ZIP code area 12072. It stands on Auries Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tribes Hill quadrangle.

Auriesville within Montgomery County

Then and now

1896 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Auriesville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Auriesville, surveyed 1896

On record in Auriesville

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

105 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Auriesville between 2001 and 2020, burning about 91 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined56
Arson/incendiarism19
Smoking12
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
29 September 2017Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2017Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Auriesville: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Platinum, Nickel. 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
FondaPlatinum, NickelOccurrenceUnknown

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

5 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Auriesville in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 3 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2022Thunderstorm WindAuriesville-A tree was reported down along Mohawk Drive near Fonda.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindAuriesville-Wires were downed along Ingersoll Road in the Town of Glen.
September 2011Tornado (EF0)Auriesville-A National Weather Service Storm Survey team confirmed a weak tornado touched down in the Town of Glen. The tornado downed some small hardwood trees and broke off some large branches. Damage extended from just west of Noeltner Road to near Ripley Road. There was video and photo evidence.
August 2010Tornado (EF1)Auriesville-A tornado briefly touched down near Fonda with damage confined to snapped and uprooted trees. Maximum estimated wind speed were 90 mph.
August 2010Tornado (EF1)Auriesville-A tornado briefly touched down mainly on the grounds of the Auriesville Shrine, with damage confined mostly to snapped and uprooted trees. Maximum estimated wind were 100 mph.

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Fort Hunter1.9 miles20
Tribes Hill2.4 miles20
Glen2.9 miles20
Fultonville3.1 miles20
Fonda3.6 miles21
Church Corners3.9 miles20
Wellsville4.4 miles20
Fort Johnson4.9 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942705. 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.