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Brookfield, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Brookfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 13485. It lies near Beaver Hill. The Survey maps it on the Brookfield quadrangle. It stands 1,381 feet above sea level.

Brookfield within Madison County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Brookfield, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Brookfield, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

49 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Brookfield between 1994 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning8
Natural5
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3

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
27 August 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
12 August 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
23 June 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 May 2009Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 May 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
15 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Brookfield: 1 producer, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Natural Gas. 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
Letts No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasProspect
Belden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Welch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

14 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brookfield in 14 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado. 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
August 2017Tornado (EF0)North Brookfield$50,000A tornado touched down in a field west of Mason Road in Brookfield|NY. The tornado knocked down a couple dozen trees, partially blew|roofs off two barns and ripped a roof off a greenhouse. One home|lost a few shingles. The tornado tracked east northeast and was on|the ground for a little less than one half mile. The width of the|tornado was about 150 yards. Maximum winds were estimated at 90 mph.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindBrookfield$20,000Multiple reports of trees were blown down with some damage to structures being reported.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBrookfield$8,500Strong thunderstorm winds resulted in multiple reports of wires and poles down around Brookfield.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBrookfield$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindNorth Brookfield$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a car. There were no injuries reported.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBrookfield$2,000Several trees, poles and wires were blown down.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindBrookfield$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked trees down across Beaver Creek Road.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindNorth Brookfield$1,000Trees and wires were blown down.
May 2013HailNorth Brookfield-Most of the hail was one inch in diameter.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBrookfield-Several trees were blown down.
May 2011HailNorth Brookfield-no account filed
June 2008HailBrookfield-no account filed
July 2008HailNorth Brookfield-no account filed
June 2007HailBrookfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Guideboard1.8 miles17
Leonardsville3.5 miles17
South Brookfield4.1 miles17
West Brookfield4.6 miles17
North Brookfield4.7 miles17
Moscow Hill4.9 miles17
Hubbardsville7.7 miles17
East Hamilton7.9 miles17

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.

Wikipedia article on BrookfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48740552The 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 944832. 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.