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Blossvale, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Annsville town. It lies in ZIP code area 13308. It stands on Cold Brook. The Survey maps it on the Camden East quadrangle. It stands 420 feet above sea level.

Blossvale within Oneida County

Then and now

1905 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Blossvale, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Blossvale, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

93 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Blossvale between 1996 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined45
Arson/incendiarism17
Natural11
Debris and open burning9
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
16 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 July 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Blossvale: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
George W. Bryant PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
George W. Bryant PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcconnellsville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcconnellsville PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Morse PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Northern Oneida Sanitary LandfillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Restibo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

5 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blossvale in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 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
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBlossvale$25,000A gas station roof was partially blown off. A garbage dumpster, vehicle, and other small objects were blown through the air. Hundred of trees were blown down. A damage survey team determined that the damage was caused by downburst, straight-line winds with speeds around 70 mph, and peak gusts of 90 mph.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindBlossvale$7,500Strong thunderstorm winds lifted off the roof of a barn.
April 2011HailBlossvale-no account filed
May 2009HailBlossvale-no account filed
August 2007HailBlossvale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oneida 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
Pine1.5 miles19
Pine Hill2.0 miles19
Leisure Village2.1 miles19
Taberg2.2 miles19
Becks Grove2.7 miles19
McConnellsville2.7 miles19
Humaston2.8 miles19
Blennes Corner3.0 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on BlossvaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48740280The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944297. 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.