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Coila, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cambridge town. It lies in ZIP code area 12816. It stands on Cambridge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cambridge quadrangle.

Coila 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 Coila, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Coila, surveyed 1895

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

127 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Coila between 1992 and 2020, burning about 169 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined54
Debris and open burning34
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
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
4 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 August 2006Debris and open burning1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Coila: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead. 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
White Creek Pb MineLeadOccurrence

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

9 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coila in 9 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 8 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
July 2025Thunderstorm WindCoila-A tree was downed on Irish Lane in the Town of Cambridge.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCoila-A tree and wires were downed on English Road in the Town of Cambridge.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindCoila-Multiple trees were downed in the Town of Cambridge.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCoila-There was a report of trees down blocking Coila Road.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindCoila-Trees and wires were downed.
January 2019FloodCoila-King Road was closed at County Road 59 due to flooding.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindCoila-Wires were downed.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindCoila-Dozens of large limbs and trees were downed, uprooted, and snapped in a two mile-long swath through the village of Cambridge. Some trees fell onto houses.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindCoila-Trees and wires reported down.

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
Cambridge1.2 miles27
Ravenwood Estates1.5 miles29
The Plains2.5 miles29
North Cambridge2.7 miles27
Ash Grove3.7 miles29
Center Cambridge4.1 miles29
Archdale4.2 miles27
Oak Hill4.5 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947011. 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.