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Cuyler, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cuyler town. It lies in ZIP code area 13158. It stands on Tioughnioga Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cuyler quadrangle.

Cuyler within Cortland County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

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 Cuyler, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Cuyler, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

31 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Cuyler between 1997 and 2017, burning about 23 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
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
21 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 July 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 July 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 June 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNew York Forest RangersMORGAN HILL
6 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 June 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cortland County

Storms near this place

10 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cuyler in 10 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
May 2009Thunderstorm WindCuyler$10,000Roofs were blown off 2 homes.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindCuyler$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree onto a road.
May 2009Tornado (EF0)Cuyler$5,000A NWS storm survey team determined that a weak tornado touched down briefly near Cuyler. Some trees were uprooted and two small sheds were destroyed. Greater damage occurred to the west at a couple of farms and several residences between Truxton and Cuyler, but this damage was determined to be caused by straight line winds.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindCuyler$5,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindCuyler$5,000no account filed
July 2006Flash FloodCuyler$1,000no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCuyler-A telephone pole broke in half.
May 1998HailCuyler-A thunderstorm briefly reached severe limits and produced dime sized hail in Cuyler.
July 2008HailCuyler-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCuyler-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cortland 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
Tripoli0.7 miles17
Guyler Hill2.2 miles17
Keeney3.4 miles20
Crains Mills3.6 miles23
Cowles Settlement3.7 miles20
New Boston4.5 miles17
Truxton4.6 miles23
Cheningo6.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947973. 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.