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Cullen, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Warren town. It lies in ZIP code area 13439. The Survey maps it on the Jordanville quadrangle.

Cullen within Herkimer County

Then and now

1903 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cullen, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Cullen, surveyed 1903

On record in Cullen

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

8 surveys from 16 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

44 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Cullen between 1999 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Natural1

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
3 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 July 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 July 1999Smokingunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
15 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 May 2007Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer 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 Cullen: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Jordanville QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Jordanville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cullen in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2014: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2014Thunderstorm WindCullen-A roof was reported to have been blown off a home in the town of Warren off due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindCullen-Wires were downed and across a road in the town of Warren due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2008HailCullen-Golf ball size hail was reported near Cullen during a thunderstorm.
June 2008HailCullen-Quarter size hail was reported approximately 3 miles south southwest of Jordanville during a thunderstorm.

Every storm recorded in Herkimer 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
Jordanville2.3 miles16
South Columbia2.4 miles18
Warren3.3 miles16
Kingdom3.3 miles16
McCoon Crossing4.8 miles18
Columbia Center5.3 miles18
Getman Corners5.4 miles18
Days Rock6.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947922. 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.