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Bennettsville, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bainbridge town. It lies in ZIP code area 13733. It stands on Osborn Brook. The Survey maps it on the Sidney quadrangle.

Bennettsville within Chenango County

Then and now

1915 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bennettsville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Bennettsville, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Bennettsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 188 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined42
Debris and open burning27
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural7
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
3 August 2002Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
27 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2002Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
16 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chenango 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 Bennettsville: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Afton Town Pit Aldagreen RoadSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Howe Jesse Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Masonville QuarryClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Masonville QuarryClayProducer

Every working recorded in Chenango County

Storms near this place

3 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bennettsville in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 2 tornado, 1 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
April 2013Tornado (EF0)Bennettsville$70,000A tornado touched down about 4 miles South Southeast of Bainbridge in Chenango County and tracked northeast about 3.2 miles, and then ended about 3 miles South of Sidney in Delaware County.||The tornado touched down between Interstate 88 and highway 206, on East Afton Road, where 2 power poles were snapped and a car was destroyed by a large tree branch. Another vehicle was also damaged. Several trees were snapped or uprooted. A barn had minor roof damage. The tornado continued northeast and crossed highway 206, where a farm equipment building and a mobile home were heavily damaged, and a storage trailer was destroyed. Other nearby homes had minor damage, and a carport was lifted and moved 75 feet. Farther down its path, the tornado intensified to a high end EF1 strength while traveling in the vicinity of Houck Drive. In this area, it uprooted or snapped many 1 to 2 foot diameter trees along its path, both hardwoods, maples, and softwoods, pines, with the largest more than 3 feet wide. It also caused structural damage to a single family residence and garage, while transporting a significant amount of debris a hundred yards or more. The tornado then crossed into Delaware county, downing several more trees on some properties along Highway 8 before dissipating.
September 2014Tornado (EF1)Bennettsville$10,000An EF1 tornado with estimated wind speeds of 100 mph, a path length of 0.1 miles and a path width of 50 yards touched down about 300 yard west of Saint Johns Road near the intersection with Hill Top Dr. The tornado snapped and uprooted numerous trees in a convergent damage pattern.
November 2022Thunderstorm WindBennettsville$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires down at the intersection of Sherman Hill and East Afton Roads.

Every storm recorded in Chenango 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
Middle Bridge2.3 miles15
Bainbridge3.1 miles18
East Afton3.6 miles15
Afton4.6 miles17
North Afton5.2 miles17
East Guilford6.2 miles18
Bettsburg6.5 miles17
West Bainbridge6.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 943688. 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.