BlockBurtonsville, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Charleston town. It lies in ZIP code area 12066. It stands on Wilsey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Esperance quadrangle.
Then and now
1896 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 89 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 20 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.
- 1896 USGS Fonda quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Fonda quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Fonda quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1943 USGS Esperance quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Esperance quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Burtonsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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 | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 12 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 28 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burtonsville in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 2011 | Flash Flood | Burtonsville | 1 killed | Record flooding occurred along the Schoharie Creek in Montgomery County. Several homes on Colyer Road in Burtonsville were destroyed. On August 28th, Route 5S over the Schoharie Creek was closed and the New York State Thruway, I-90, was closed westbound at Exit 27 (Amsterdam-Route 5) and eastbound at Exit 28 (Fultonville-Fonda) due to severe flooding on the Schoharie Creek. On the morning of August 29th at approximately 8:45 am EST, a 72 year old man drowned when his truck was swept away from Route 5S by the Schoharie Creek in the Town of Glen. ||It was reported that at least 20 farmers lost crops and sustained damage to farmland in the Schoharie and Mohawk valleys in Montgomery County.| |The Burtonsville river gage on the Schoharie Creek, which is located on the right bank 0.4 miles south of Burtonsville, 2.7 miles north of Esperance, exceeded its 6 foot flood stage at 11:01 am EST on August 28th, its 8 foot moderate flood stage at 1:45 pm, its 10 foot major flood stage at 6:12 pm, and dropped below flood stage at 8:25 pm on August 30th. A record crest occurred but the time and reading were unknown, since the gage was damaged during the flooding.||Initially started out as flash flooding then transitioned to river flooding. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burtonsville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burtonsville | - | Tree was downed across Burtonsville Road in the town of Burtonsville. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Burtonsville | - | Record flooding occurred along the Schoharie Creek in Montgomery County. Several homes on Colyer Road in Burtonsville were destroyed. On August 28th, Route 5S over the Schoharie Creek was closed and the New York State Thruway, I-90, was closed westbound at Exit 27 (Amsterdam-Route 5) and eastbound at Exit 28 (Fultonville-Fonda) due to severe flooding on the Schoharie Creek. On the morning of August 29th at approximately 8:45 am EST, a 72 year old man drowned when his truck was swept away from Route 5S by the Schoharie Creek in the Town of Glen. ||It was reported that at least 20 farmers lost crops and sustained damage to farmland in the Schoharie and Mohawk valleys in Montgomery County.| |The Burtonsville river gage on the Schoharie Creek, which is located on the right bank 0.4 miles south of Burtonsville, 2.7 miles north of Esperance, exceeded its 6 foot flood stage at 11:01 am EST on August 28th, its 8 foot moderate flood stage at 1:45 pm, its 10 foot major flood stage at 6:12 pm, and dropped below flood stage at 8:25 pm on August 30th. A record crest occurred but the time and reading were unknown, since the gage was damaged during the flooding.||Initially started out as flash flooding then transitioned to river flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Corners | 2.1 miles | 25 | |
| Lost Valley | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Oak Ridge | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Wellsville | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Scotch Bush | 5.0 miles | 25 | |
| Charleston | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Minaville | 6.0 miles | 26 | |
| Charleston Four Corners | 7.4 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 945298. 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.