Bleecker, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bleecker town. It lies in ZIP code area 12078. The Survey maps it on the Gloversville quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Bleecker
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 1 record
- Bleecker District No. 3 Schoollisted 2025
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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 Gloversville quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1943 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
122 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Bleecker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 13 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 15 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 12 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
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 Bleecker: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Grove Diamond Mine | Gemstone | Producer | 1955 |
Storms near this place
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bleecker in 5 storm reports between 1993 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bleecker | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bleecker | $1,000 | no account filed |
| October 2010 | Flood | Bleecker | - | County Route 112 in Bleecker was reported closed due to flooding. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bleecker | - | An emergency Manager reported that trees were blown down in Bleecker. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Bleecker | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bleecker Center | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| West Bush | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Lindsley Corners | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Peters Corners | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Smiths Corners | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Kingsboro | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Dennies Crossing | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Meco | 4.5 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944234. 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.











