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Burnwood, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hancock town. It lies in ZIP code area 13756. It lies near Lang Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Horton quadrangle.

Burnwood within Delaware County

Then and now

1920 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 66 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Burnwood, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Burnwood, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

16 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Burnwood between 2005 and 2016, burning about 38 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined10
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Natural1

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
2 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 May 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 May 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 May 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Burnwood: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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
East Branch QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
East Branch QuarryFlagstoneProducer

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this place

3 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burnwood in 3 storm reports between 2023 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
August 2024Flash FloodBurnwood$20,000Flash flooding washed out Burnwood Road.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBurnwood$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees on Charles Medlar Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBurnwood$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires on Charles Medlar Road.

Every storm recorded in Delaware 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
Chiloway1.7 miles24
Goulds1.9 miles24
Elk Brook1.9 miles24
Horton2.8 miles24
Peakville3.0 miles24
Methol3.2 miles24
Butternut Grove3.8 miles22
Rock Valley4.1 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972286. 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.