East Freetown, New York
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Freetown town. It lies in ZIP code area 13040. The Survey maps it on the Cincinnatus quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1904 USGS Pitcher quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Cincinnatus quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Cincinnatus quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
48 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of East Freetown between 1993 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2001 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 14 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 27 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 2 August 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Freetown in 3 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | East Freetown | $5,000 | There was water over the roadway with debris at Knickerbocker Road. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Freetown | $4,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down four large trees on property along Telephone Road. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Freetown | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freetown Corners | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| Taylor Valley | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Solon | 3.5 miles | 23 | |
| Texas Valley | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Gee Brook | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cincinnatus | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Lower Cincinnatus | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Taylor | 5.1 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949076. 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.







