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Center Falls, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Greenwich town. It lies in ZIP code area 12834. It stands on Trout Brook. The Survey maps it on the Cambridge quadrangle.

Center Falls within Washington County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Center Falls, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Center Falls, surveyed 1895

On record in Center Falls

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

12 surveys from 27 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

150 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Center Falls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 159 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined78
Debris and open burning39
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Center Falls: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Dolomite, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Peckham Materials Corp.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kenneth Tracey Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kenneth Tracey Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bald Mountain DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Middle Falls QuarryLimestone, General, DolomitePast ProducerDolomite, Limestone
Plant Number 31Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed OccurrenceLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer1845
Unnamed OccurrenceLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer1845
Unnamed OccurrenceLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1845

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Center Falls in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2021LightningCenter Falls$20,000Lightning caused a fire at a residence near Route 29 in Middle Falls.
July 2023Flash FloodCenter Falls$5,000Route 29 had all lanes closed between Hepatica Way and Hardscrabble Road due to a Flash Flood.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindCenter Falls-A tree and wires were downed at State Route 372 and County Route 60.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindCenter Falls-Trees and wires were downed on Colonel Baume Road.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindCenter Falls-A tree and a utility pole were downed on Route 372 near Greenwich due to thunderstorm winds. The roadway was closed as a result of the damage.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCenter Falls-A tree was reported down on Route 372 in Easton as a result of thunderstorm winds.
July 2013Flash FloodCenter Falls-Several roads in Greenwich and Center Falls were closed a result of flash flooding from heavy rainfall, including State Route 29 and Prospect Street.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCenter Falls-Wires were reported down on Route 29 near By Pass Road in Greenwich due to strong thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Battenville2.0 miles27
Greenwich2.2 miles27
Spraguetown2.5 miles27
Middle Falls3.5 miles26
North Greenwich4.3 miles27
East Greenwich4.5 miles27
Bald Mountain4.7 miles27
Archdale4.7 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946192. 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.