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Brandreth, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Webb town. It lies in ZIP code area 13331. The Survey maps it on the Nehasane Lake quadrangle.

Brandreth within Herkimer County

Then and now

1903 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Brandreth, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Brandreth, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 28 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

5 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Brandreth between 2002 and 2018, burning about 2 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2

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
7 September 2002Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest RangersTERROR LAKE
27 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCLEAR POND FIRE
4 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCLEAR LAKE FIRE
21 July 2018Recreation and ceremony1.1 acresNew York Forest RangersSTILLWATER SITE 25 FIRE
29 May 2016Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersSTILLWATER RESERVOIR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this place

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brandreth in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 3 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 2023Thunderstorm WindBrandreth-A significant blowdown was reported in the area from the winds associated with the line of thunderstorms.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBrandreth-There was a significant blowdown in the area from the winds associated with the line of thunderstorms.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindBrandreth-Trees were reported down in the town of Webb, located approximately 2 miles north of Beaver River, as a result of strong thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Herkimer 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
Beaver River3.8 miles28
Woods Lake7.9 miles28
Big Moose8.9 miles28
Stillwater10.3 miles20
Eagle Bay11.8 miles28
Moshier Falls15.9 miles21
Mountain Lodge16.9 miles24
Old Forge17.0 miles24

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 Q122592757The 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 944628. 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.