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Duane Center, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Duane town. It lies in ZIP code area 12953. It stands on Crandall Brook. The Survey maps it on the Lake Titus quadrangle.

Duane Center within Franklin County

Then and now

1921 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Duane Center, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Duane Center, surveyed 1921

On record in Duane Center

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

37 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Duane Center between 1997 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony1
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
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCALIFORNIA RD
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest RangersSILVERSTEIN
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 September 2003Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Duane Center: 5 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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
Brewer Hill MineIron, Titanium, MetalPast ProducerReplacement
Trimm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Stone QuarryStonePast Producer
Brewer Hill MineIronProspect
Briggs ProspectIronOccurrenceReplacement
Briggs ProspectIronProspect
Duane MinesIronPast Producer1828, 1849
Furnace Mountain AnomalyIronPast Producer1835, 1845
Ore Bed Mountain ProspectIronOccurrenceReplacement

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

12 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duane Center in 12 storm reports between 2005 and 2021: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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
April 2011Flash FloodDuane Center$75,000Runoff from heavy rain and snowmelt flooded several local roads in Duane.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindDuane Center$20,000Numerous trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds in Duane.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindDuane Center$10,000Large tree snapped in half with several other trees down.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindDuane Center$10,000Several trees downed by thunderstorms winds.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindDuane Center$10,000no account filed
March 2020Thunderstorm WindDuane Center$5,000Convective winds downed several trees and power lines.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindDuane Center$5,000Large tree down across power lines along Route 30 near Duane Center along with several large tree limbs in the vicinity.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindDuane Center$5,000Trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindDuane Center$2,000Tree and wires down along Route 26.
November 2006Thunderstorm WindDuane Center$2,000Trees down.
July 2007HailDuane Center-Quarter size hail reported by state police in Duane Center.
July 2007HailDuane Center-Quarter size hail reported by trained spotter in Duane Center.

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Porcaville4.4 miles18
Trombley Landing6.1 miles16
Chasm Falls7.2 miles14
Owls Head7.2 miles18
Mountain View7.3 miles18
Bryants Mill8.0 miles17
Skerry9.7 miles16
Teboville10.2 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122551499The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948712. 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.