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Churubusco, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clinton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12923. The Survey maps it on the Churubusco quadrangle.

Churubusco within Clinton County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Churubusco, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Churubusco, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

30 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Churubusco between 1998 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
5 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 July 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNew York Forest RangersCASHMAN RD
24 July 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 May 2015Arson/incendiarism1.7 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
22 May 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Storms near this place

7 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Churubusco in 7 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
April 2011FloodChurubusco$15,000Route 190, The Military Turnpike, had water flowing over the road near Duley Road. Flooding was also reported on Bradley Pond Road in Ellenburg and Bowen Road in Saranac. In Black Brook, Bonnieview Road and Forest Dale roads were closed due to washouts.
August 1997HailChurubusco$10,000no account filed
August 2017Thunderstorm WindChurubusco$5,000Trees and utility lines down caused by thunderstorm winds on Patnode road and Route 11.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindChurubusco$1,000no account filed
July 2025HailChurubusco-Nickel sized reported.
May 2022HailChurubusco-Quarter sized hail reported.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindChurubusco-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clinton 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
Clinton Mills2.8 miles20
Ellenburg Center6.4 miles18
Ellenburg6.5 miles19
Harrigan7.2 miles18
Ellenburg Depot7.7 miles19
Dannemora Crossing8.5 miles19
Forest10.0 miles19
Irona12.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946693. 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.