Beaver Meadow, New York
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Otselic town. It lies in ZIP code area 13832. It lies near Cole Hill. The Survey maps it on the Otselic quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 83 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
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1903 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Otselic quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Otselic quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Beaver Meadow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 13 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Beaver Meadow: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otselic Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Smyrna Town Gravel Bed | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaver Meadow in 1 storm report in 2003: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Beaver Meadow | $100,000 | An F1 tornado touched down int he town of Smyrna. The tornado first touched down on Beaver Meadow Road about 2 miles east of the village of Beaver Meadow in the southwest quarter of the town of Smyrna. The tornado tracked down a hill and across Law Road before it lifted near Hopkins Road. The F1 damage was limited to an area near Law Road where numerous trees were sheared off and/or uprooted. One home received significant damage with windows blown out and its roof peeled off. This same home was pushed four feet off its foundation. In addition on this property, a shed was destroyed and the garage's metal roof was peeled off. All along the tornado's path there were numerous trees downed and snapped off. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanbro | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| North Pharsalia | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Kirk | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Bonney | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Upperville | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Otselic Center | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Seventh Day Hollow | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Otselic | 4.8 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 943399. 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.









