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Davenport, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Davenport town. It lies in ZIP code area 13750. It stands on Negro Brook. The Survey maps it on the Davenport quadrangle.

Davenport within Delaware County

Then and now

1909 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Davenport, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Davenport, surveyed 1909

On record in Davenport

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

9 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Davenport between 1992 and 2017, burning about 52 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined35
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Natural3
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
12 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Davenport: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Hillis Gravel BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this place

24 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Davenport in 24 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 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 1998Tornado (F0)Davenport$150,000A supercell thunderstorm briefly became tornadic as it crossed northern portions of the county late in the afternoon. The tornado cut a discontinuous 3 mile path from Davenport township northeastward through Butts Corners to Fergusonville between 4:45 and 4:55 pm EDT. The twister appeared to skip across mainly hilltop sections. Large trees were twisted and snapped off on ridge tops with tree damage mainly confined to canopy level at somewhat lower elevations. In Butts Corners, several homes near the path of the tornado sustained siding and roof damage. The tornado appeared to lift back into the cloud base just north of route 9 in Fergusonville.
May 2013Flash FloodWest Davenport$80,000Widespread flooding occurred on small streams, creeks and roads in the Town of Meredith. Jackson Hill Rd., and Palmer Hill Rd. were the hardest hit areas with shoulder and culvert washouts.
December 2020Flash FloodDavenport$50,000Flash flooding was entering a house on State Route 23.
June 1998HailDavenport$35,000Part of the same thunderstorm cluster that caused wind damage just across the county line in southern Otsego county also produced severe weather in northern Delaware county. Trees and power lines were downed in Davenport and a skywarn spotter also observed hailstones to an inch and a quarter in diameter just after 9 pm EDT.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindDavenport$20,000Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and wires onto State Route 23.
August 2020LightningDavenport$5,000A lightning strike from a thunderstorm struck a car and resulted in a house fire.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDavenport$5,000A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in trees being knocked over.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDavenport$5,000A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in trees being knocked over.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindDavenport$5,000Thunderstorm winds brought down high tension power lines on State Route 23.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindDavenport$5,000Trees down. One tree fell on a car.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWest Davenport$4,000High winds tore the roof off a local gun shop on Route 23.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindDavenport$2,000Trees were blown down and a hay wagon was blown over.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindWest Davenport$2,000Thunderstorms winds downed the top of a maple tree onto State Route 23.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindDavenport$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto the roadway.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindDavenport-Trees and wires were blown down.
March 2002Flash FloodDavenport-The Charlotte Creek in the town of Davenport was out of its banks flooding county route 11.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindDavenport-Trees and a few wires were downed by thunderstorm gusts.
August 2023HailWest Davenport-no account filed
July 2019HailDavenport-no account filed
July 2010HailDavenport-no account filed
July 2010Funnel CloudDavenport-no account filed
June 2006HailDavenport-no account filed
June 2006HailDavenport-no account filed
May 2002HailDavenport-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Delaware 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
Butts Corner1.3 miles17
Hoseaville1.6 miles17
Fergusonville2.6 miles17
Simpsonville4.0 miles19
East Meredith4.1 miles17
Davenport Center4.3 miles17
West Kortright4.9 miles17
Sturges Corner4.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948048. 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.