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.
Then and now
1896 to 1985The 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.


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.
- Danascara Placelisted 2019 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1896 USGS Fonda quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Fonda quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Fonda quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1944 USGS Tribes Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Tribes Hill quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
105 since 2001Regional 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/undetermined | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.4 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fonda | Platinum, Nickel | Occurrence | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 2010Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auriesville | - | A tree was reported down along Mohawk Drive near Fonda. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auriesville | - | Wires were downed along Ingersoll Road in the Town of Glen. |
| September 2011 | Tornado (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 2010 | Tornado (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 2010 | Tornado (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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Hunter | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Tribes Hill | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Glen | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Fultonville | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Fonda | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Church Corners | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Wellsville | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Fort Johnson | 4.9 miles | 26 |
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.









