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Broadalbin, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Broadalbin town. It lies in ZIP code area 12025. It stands on Sherman Brook. The Survey maps it on the Broadalbin quadrangle.

Broadalbin within Fulton County

Then and now

1899 to 1985

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 Broadalbin, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Broadalbin, surveyed 1899

On record in Broadalbin

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

210 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 210 fires within 5 miles of Broadalbin between 1994 and 2020, burning about 165 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined106
Debris and open burning52
Arson/incendiarism18
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural10
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Broadalbin: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mayfield PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

27 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Broadalbin in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 18 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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
September 1998Thunderstorm WindBroadalbin$250,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindBroadalbin$34,000no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodBroadalbin$25,000no account filed
February 2023LightningBroadalbin$10,000The Broadalbin Baptist Church was struck by lightning causing some damage to the steeple and some of the electrical equipment.
October 1995Thunderstorm WindBroadalbin$8,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindBroadalbin$5,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindBroadalbin$5,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindBroadalbin$5,000no account filed
July 2000HailBroadalbin$4,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindBroadalbin$3,000no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindBroadalbin$2,000no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindBroadalbin$2,000no account filed
August 1997HailBroadalbin$1,000no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBroadalbin-A local 911 call center reported the shut down of Main Street in Broadalbin due to down trees and wires.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindBroadalbin-Multiple trees and wires were downed in the village of Broadalbin. One tree was downed onto a car with people trapped inside. Other trees were downed onto houses.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindNorth Broadalbin-A large pine tree was snapped near the base resulting in downed wires.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindBroadalbin-A tree was downed across Saratoga Avenue.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindBroadalbin-A tree was reported down in Broadalbin due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2014HailBroadalbin-Both trained spotters and an NWS employee reported hail measuring up to two inches in diameter occurring in Broadalbin during a thunderstorm. Video footage showed golf ball sized hail impacting cars on State Route 29. Hail lasted up to fifteen minutes in duration.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindBroadalbin-Trees and wires were reported down in Broadalbin during a thunderstorm.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindBroadalbin-Trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds 1 mile west-northwest of Beatty Corners.
May 2012HailBroadalbin-Quarter sized hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Broadalbin via a WeatherNet6 spotter report.
July 2012HailBroadalbin-Penny sized hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Broadalbin.
August 2012HailBroadalbin-Nickel size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Broadalbin.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindNorth Broadalbin-Three trees were reported down on Bunker Hill Road in the town of Fish House.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindBroadalbin-Two trees were blown down and wires were knocked down.
August 2020HailBroadalbin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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
Vail Mills1.3 miles22
Stever Mill1.9 miles22
Hill Corners2.7 miles22
Perth2.8 miles22
Steele Corners3.0 miles22
Munsonville3.1 miles22
Honeywell Corners3.1 miles22
Gorthey Corners3.2 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944788. 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.