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Cranberry Creek, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mayfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 12117. It stands on Jackson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Northville quadrangle.

Cranberry Creek within Fulton County

Then and now

1899 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cranberry Creek, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Cranberry Creek, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Cranberry Creek between 1992 and 2017, burning about 207 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined56
Debris and open burning39
Arson/incendiarism23
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking7
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1

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 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cranberry Creek: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Quartz. 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
Tyrell QuarryFeldspar, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Werner ProspectsFeldspar, Stone, QuartzProspect

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cranberry Creek in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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
September 2022Thunderstorm WindCranberry Creek-A tree was reported down in Northampton.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCranberry Creek-A distinct area of numerous trees were downed all in the same direction. The damage path was about 0.4 miles long.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindCranberry Creek-A tree was downed on Route 30 between Mayfield and Northville.
August 2017Funnel CloudCranberry Creek-A funnel cloud was observed over Great Sacandaga Lake and was confirmed by video.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCranberry Creek-Two to three dozen trees and four utility poles were reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds at Northhampton Beach campsites. Seven camp trailers were reported damaged.

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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
Sweets Crossing2.5 miles23
Dennies Hollow2.6 miles22
Jackson Summit3.7 miles22
Mayfield4.3 miles22
Sacandaga Park4.5 miles23
North Broadalbin4.5 miles22
Fish House4.7 miles23
Munsonville4.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947654. 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.