BlockBraman Corners, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Duanesburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12066. The Survey maps it on the Duanesburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1895 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
On record in Braman Corners
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 within a mile 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Joseph Braman Houselisted 1987 · 0.0 miles away
Chapman Farmhouselisted 1984 · 0.3 miles away- Duanesburg-Florida Baptist Churchlisted 1984 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 25 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.
- 1895 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1931 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Duanesburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
68 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Braman Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 5 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 | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 26 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 15 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Braman Corners in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2020 | Flash Flood | Braman Corners | $1,000 | All lanes were closed on Route 159 at Route 30 due to flooding. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Braman Corners | - | Wires were downed onto Eaton Corners Road. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Braman Corners | - | Tree and wires were downed. |
| May 2014 | Tornado (EF3) | Braman Corners | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a tornado near the intersection of State Route 30 and Churches Road in Duanesburg, producing damage to trees. The tornado continued in a south-southeast direction and caused damage to a roof at the corner of Hardin and Knight Roads in Duanesburg. At the corner of Hardin and Gross Roads, several trees were sheared off.||The tornado strengthened as it reached 1885 Mudge Road in Duanesburg. It caused damage to the roof of a home, where debris was wedged under the eaves of the house. Numerous trees were downed at this location as well. As the storm continued to near Old Dane Road, numerous trees were downed as well.||The tornado reached it's maximum strength at the intersection of US Route 20 and Mudge Road. A well-built house (one story ranch) built in 1973 was nearly destroyed, with most of the walls gone. The tornado was determined to be an EF3 strength at this point with maximum winds of 140 MPH. A tractor trailed was also blown over on Route 20 as a result of the tornado winds as well.||On nearby Cole Road, the tornado caused damage to an Ambulance Garage with damage to the roof and doors. A side wall of the building was completely blown out and a dumpster was tossed. Another house on Cole Road had siding shingles ripped off and windows blown out of the house as well. Numerous trees and power lines were downed as well.||The tornado crossed Interstate 88 in Princetown. Strong winds associated with the tornado caused two tractor trailer trucks to flip over on the highway. Trees along the highway were sheared off as well.||The tornado continued south and affected homes in Delanson. Shingles were blown off a house and damaged a greenhouse at 4155 Schoharie Turnpike and another home at Crow Hill Road had damage to siding and a garage, which was lifted off its foundation and collapsed.||The tornado weakened, but continued to move south towards the Albany County line. |
| January 2010 | Flash Flood | Braman Corners | - | The interesction of Route 30 and Route 159 near Braman Corners was reported closed due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eaton Corners | 1.5 miles | 25 | |
| Mariaville | 4.6 miles | 25 | |
| Delanson | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Mariaville Lake | 4.9 miles | 25 | |
| Duane | 5.3 miles | 25 | |
| Quaker Street | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Duanesburg | 5.5 miles | 25 | |
| Duane Lake | 7.0 miles | 26 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122546462 | The 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 944611. 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.
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.