Bombay, New York
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Bombay town. It lies in ZIP code area 12914. The Survey maps it on the Bombay quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 79 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 15 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.
- 1915 USGS Moira quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Moira quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Moira quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Bombay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
125 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Bombay between 2001 and 2020, burning about 155 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 30 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 | 73 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | 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 Bombay: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Covington Highway Dept. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bombay in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bombay | $20,000 | Numerous trees and utility lines downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bombay | $10,000 | Several trees and power lines down. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bombay | $10,000 | Several trees downed along Route 9 in Bombay. |
| June 2012 | Hail | South Bombay | $10,000 | Hail between half dollar and golf ball size pierced vinyl siding on home and damaged car wind shields in driveway. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | South Bombay | $5,000 | Water over a 1 to 2 mile section of county route 8. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bombay | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorms swept across eastern New York ahead of a cold front which moved east from the Great Lakes. There were numerous reports of trees and powerlines down, large hail and one tornado in eastern New York. The tornado touched down in Eagle Bridge in Rensselaer County. It skipped several times along a non-continuous path of 1.5 miles. Damage consisted of removal of slate roofs, tin roofs on barns removed, part of a silo demolished, and numerous trees up to four feet in diameter uprooted and snapped. The same storm which produced the tornado produced straightline winds near Hoosick Falls which downed trees and blew apart the screen at a Drive-In Theater and Hemstreet Park where part of the roof was blown off a house and a tree was blown onto a garage. Other damage from thunderstorm winds included trees which fell on a garage in Schaghticoke and a small chimney blown off a house in Malone. Hail as large as nickels fell in Stillwater and Vorheesville with dime-size hail reported in Colonie. At the Schenectady County Airport winds gusted to 58 mph. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bombay | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bombay | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Bombay | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Fort Covington | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Fort Covington Center | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Hogansburg | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Saint Regis | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Brushton | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Westville | 8.2 miles | 18 | |
| Moira | 8.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944413. 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.









