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East Guilford, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Guilford town. It lies in ZIP code area 13733. It stands on Peckham Brook. The Survey maps it on the Sidney quadrangle.

East Guilford within Chenango County

Then and now

1915 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of East Guilford, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of East Guilford, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of East Guilford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 168 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined45
Debris and open burning26
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2002Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
27 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
2 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chenango County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of East Guilford: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Masonville QuarryClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Masonville QuarryClayProducer
Howe Jesse Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Town Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unadilla Concrete Prods S & GSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chenango County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Guilford in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEast Guilford$20,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines at Tall Pines Campground.

Every storm recorded in Chenango 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
Rockdale2.6 miles18
Ives Settlement4.3 miles18
Yaleville5.0 miles18
Bainbridge5.1 miles18
Parker5.2 miles18
Guilford Center5.3 miles18
Mount Upton6.0 miles18
Guilford6.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949091. 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.