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Columbus, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Columbus town. It lies in ZIP code area 13411. The Survey maps it on the New Berlin North quadrangle.

Columbus within Chenango County

Then and now

1910 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Columbus, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Columbus, surveyed 1910

On record in Columbus

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

9 surveys from 17 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

35 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Columbus between 1995 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
29 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2020Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
10 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 May 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution1.2 acresNew York Forest RangersPLEASANT VALLEY
3 May 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution5.1 acresNew York Forest RangersWINTON RD FIRE
2 May 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
18 May 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chenango 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 Columbus: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. 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
C.C.Lobdell No.1 WellSaltProspect

Every working recorded in Chenango County

Storms near this place

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Columbus in 5 storm reports between 2006 and 2013: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 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
June 2013Flash FloodColumbus$50,000Multiple road closures and washouts of roads were occurring across the area, including the Town of Sherburne. State Highway 80 to the east of Sherburne is closed due to flooding.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Columbus$50,000A tornado path began about 3 miles to the northwest of Columbus, NY off Barnard Road. Damage was primarily to trees which were uprooted and snapped. The upper story of a two story horse barn was torn off. This was the only structure identified that was damaged by the tornado. Debris and trees were blown to the left of the path. The remaining damage was to trees along the 0.9 mile path. The tornado weakened to EF0 after the first mile then strengthened back briefly to EF1 after crossing Kelly Road. The tornado then weakened again to EF0 and lifted after crossing Pope Hill Road before reaching the Madison county line.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindColumbus$1,000Trees and wires were blown down.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindColumbus-Several trees were knocked down.
May 2006HailColumbus-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chenango 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
Columbus Quarter3.4 miles17
Button City3.6 miles17
Five Corners3.7 miles17
Tallette4.4 miles17
Sweets4.5 miles17
New Berlin4.7 miles16
Harrisville4.8 miles17
Sherburne6.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947197. 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.