Brisben, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Greene town. It lies in ZIP code area 13830. The Survey maps it on the Brisben quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 83 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 17 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.
- 1902 USGS Coventry quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Brisben quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Brisben quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Brisben between 2003 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 July 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 May 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brisben in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brisben | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires on Williams Road. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brisben | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brisben | - | Emergency management reported trees and wires blown down by thunderstorm winds on Hobin, Ingram, Williams, and Wilcox roads. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckley Hollow | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| South Oxford | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Coventry | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Smithville Center | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Tyner | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Dibble Corner | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Adams Corner | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Greene | 5.3 miles | 15 |
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 Q122550895 | 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 944762. 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.









