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Briscoe, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bethel town. It lies in ZIP code area 12783. The Survey maps it on the Jeffersonville quadrangle.

Briscoe within Sullivan County

Then and now

1921 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Briscoe, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Briscoe, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

81 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Briscoe between 2000 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined43
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking7
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
3 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sullivan County

Storms near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Briscoe in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2014: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2014Flash FloodBriscoe$100,000Torrential rainfall flooded numerous streams in the area, causing road washouts. A bridge was overtopped near Youngsville.
July 2014Flash FloodBriscoe$10,000Several roads were flooded in the Youngsville area. Eyewitness reports and photographs indicated water rushing across yards and streets.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindBriscoe$5,000Power lines were blown down and dime to quarter size hail also occurred.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBriscoe$1,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2014HailBriscoe-no account filed
June 2011HailBriscoe-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sullivan 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
Hurd Settlement2.5 miles23
Youngsville3.1 miles21
Jeffersonville3.1 miles21
Kohlertown3.4 miles21
White Sulphur Springs3.6 miles22
Kenoza Lake4.3 miles23
Swan Lake5.4 miles22
Loomis5.4 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944763. 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.