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.
Then and now
1902 to 1985The 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.


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
- District School 4listed 2004
- Phillips-Manning Houselisted 2017
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1902 USGS Coventry quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Brisben quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Brisben quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
57 since 1995Regional 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/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 17 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 July 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 1995 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coventry | $25,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees on a large property, and a tree that fell onto a farmhouse roof cracked the wooden rafters. |
| June 2002 | Flood | Coventry | $10,000 | Heavy 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 2025 | Flash Flood | Coventry | $5,000 | The town supervisor reported that water was running across many roads throughout the town. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coventry | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked took down multiple trees and wires. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coventry | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree at 1836 State Route 235 near Park Place. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coventry | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Coventry | $2,000 | Roads were closed due to flooding. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coventry | $2,000 | Trees were blown down throughout the southern part of the county. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coventry | - | Trees down. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coventryville | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Blackesley Corner | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Brisben | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| West Bainbridge | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| South Oxford | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Union Valley | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Buckley Hollow | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| North Afton | 6.0 miles | 17 |
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.









