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Downsville, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Colchester town. It lies in ZIP code area 13755. It stands on Wilson Hollow Brook. The Survey maps it on the Downsville quadrangle.

Downsville within Delaware County

Then and now

1922 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Downsville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Downsville, surveyed 1922

On record in Downsville

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

29 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Downsville between 1999 and 2020, burning about 40 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning8
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
13 August 2016Natural1.5 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 August 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
31 July 2005Natural2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 May 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution2.1 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
17 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
13 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Downsville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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
Downsville Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Downsville Quarry and MillFlagstoneProducer

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this place

10 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Downsville in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Flash FloodDownsville$125,000Multiple houses were surrounded by floodwaters. Evacuations underway.
June 2007Flash FloodDownsville$25,000State Route 206/County Route 7 between Downsville and Roscoe was closed due to flash flooding. Heavy rain began significant flooding of this area at 730 am EDT.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindDownsville$2,500Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on roads around the Downsville area.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindDownsville$2,000no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindDownsville$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked a tree down onto wires.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindDownsville$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked tree down onto wires.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindDownsville$1,000Several trees were blown down.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindDownsville-no account filed
May 2004HailDownsville-no account filed
May 1999HailDownsville-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
Corbett2.9 miles18
Gregorytown4.0 miles18
Shinhopple4.8 miles18
Long Flat6.4 miles18
Colchester7.0 miles17
Hawleys7.0 miles17
Harvard7.3 miles18
Horton7.6 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948622. 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.