Berkshire, New York

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.

1903 1992

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 12 of 14 shown

• Lyman P. Akins Houselisted 1984
• J. Ball Houselisted 1984
• Levi Ball Houselisted 1984
• Stephen Ball Houselisted 1984
• Belcher Family Homestead and Farmlisted 1984
• Berkshire Village Historic Districtlisted 1984
• Calvin A. Buffington Houselisted 1984
• Nathaniel Bishop Collins Houselisted 1984
• East Berkshire United Methodist Churchlisted 1984
• First Congregational Churchlisted 1984
• Lebbeus Ford Houselisted 1984
• Deodatus Royce Houselisted 1984

Every listing in Tioga County

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.

• 1903 USGS Harford quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
• 1906 USGS Catatonk quadrangle1:125000
• 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1950 USGS Richford quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
• 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
• 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
• 1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
• 1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Berkshire between 1995 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 7 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• East Berkshire
• East Richford
• Richford
• New Connecticut
• Wilson Creek
• Jenksville

Every fire recorded in Tioga County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Berkshire: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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.

Every working recorded in Tioga County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berkshire in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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.

Every storm recorded in Tioga County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 943730. 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.