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Coventry, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Coventry town. It lies in ZIP code area 13778. The Survey maps it on the Brisben quadrangle.

Coventry within Chenango County

Then and now

1902 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Coventry, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Coventry, surveyed 1902

On record in Coventry

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

57 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Coventry between 1995 and 2020, burning about 81 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined25
Debris and open burning17
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
17 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 July 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 1995Smoking1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chenango County

Storms near this place

9 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coventry in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCoventry$25,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees on a large property, and a tree that fell onto a farmhouse roof cracked the wooden rafters.
June 2002FloodCoventry$10,000Heavy thunderstorm rains closed approximately 3 and a half miles of state route 235 from county route 30 (Long Hill Road) south to Davey Road. The road was undermined because of damage to the Wylie Brook culvert.
June 2025Flash FloodCoventry$5,000The town supervisor reported that water was running across many roads throughout the town.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindCoventry$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked took down multiple trees and wires.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindCoventry$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree at 1836 State Route 235 near Park Place.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCoventry$5,000no account filed
August 2009Flash FloodCoventry$2,000Roads were closed due to flooding.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCoventry$2,000Trees were blown down throughout the southern part of the county.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindCoventry-Trees down.

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
Coventryville2.1 miles17
Blackesley Corner4.0 miles17
Brisben4.1 miles17
West Bainbridge5.0 miles17
South Oxford5.1 miles16
Union Valley5.2 miles17
Buckley Hollow6.0 miles18
North Afton6.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947574. 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.