Breakabeen, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fulton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12122. It stands on Keyser Kill. The Survey maps it on the Breakabeen quadrangle.
Then and now
1898 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Breakabeen
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
Breakabeen Historic Districtlisted 1974
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1898 USGS Schoharie quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Schoharie quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1943 USGS Breakabeen quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS Breakabeen quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Breakabeen between 1992 and 2019, burning about 91 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 10 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 | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 9 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 7 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 15 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 June 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 7 June 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 25 June 2019 | Natural | 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 Breakabeen: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Street Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Breakabeen in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Breakabeen | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Breakabeen | - | A tree was downed onto wires. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Breakabeen | - | A tree was downed across the road. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Breakabeen | - | Route 30 was closed for a time Friday afternoon, March 11th, due to flooding where it crosses the Schoharie Creek in the Town of Fulton. The river gauge on the Schoharie Creek at Breakabeen exceeded its flood stage of 11 feet Friday morning and crested late in the afternoon at 12.6 feet. It went below flood stage in the evening. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fultonham | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| West Fulton | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| North Blenheim | 4.1 miles | 22 | |
| Owlsville | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Watsonville | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Mackey | 4.8 miles | 22 | |
| Broome Center | 5.2 miles | 21 | |
| Franklinton | 5.6 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944669. 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.








