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Bangor, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Bangor town. It lies in ZIP code area 12966. The Survey maps it on the Bangor quadrangle.

Bangor within Franklin County

Then and now

1915 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bangor, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Bangor, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

82 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Bangor between 2000 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined39
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning9
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2020Debris and open burning1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
14 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2012Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bangor: 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Silica. 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
Bangor DepositSilicaPast Producer
Malone MinesIronPast Producer1885, 1895
Skerry MineIronPast ProducerReplacement
Skerry MineIronProspect

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bangor in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 2025Thunderstorm WindBangor$10,000Trees down on Gallop, Perry, and Taylor roads in the town of Bangor.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBangor$10,000Several trees and power lines down.
May 1996LightningBangor$10,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindBangor$5,000Trees blown down on Route 11.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindNorth Bangor$1,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindBangor$1,000no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBangor-Numerous trees and power lines down across northern Franklin county, including Bangor, Malone and between Fort Covington and Malone.

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
West Bangor2.0 miles16
North Bangor2.1 miles16
Brandon Center2.8 miles16
Skerry3.2 miles16
Reynoldston5.5 miles16
East Dickinson5.8 miles16
Malone6.0 miles18
Fay6.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942962. 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.