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East Hebron, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Hebron town. It lies in ZIP code area 12865. It lies near Pine Hill. The Survey maps it on the West Pawlet quadrangle.

East Hebron within Washington County

Then and now

1893 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 102 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 Hebron, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of East Hebron, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

On record in East Hebron

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

15 surveys from 29 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

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of East Hebron between 1992 and 2018, burning about 237 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 19 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
Debris and open burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2015Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 August 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
28 July 2016Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersJECKLE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington 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 Hebron: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Slate, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Sheldon Slate Products MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Waterford Sand and GravelSlate, DimensionPast Producer
Sheldon Slate Co. Rupert QuarryStone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Unnamed Slate QuarriesStone, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
Waterford Sand and Gravel PitStone, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

3 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Hebron in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 2001LightningEast Hebron$100,000Lightning from a thunderstorm, struck a dormitory at Camp Hebron. The dormitory caught fire and was destroyed. No one was hurt since the building was vacant when the fire erupted.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindEast Hebron-An emergency manager reported numerous instances of downed trees and wires in East Hebron which impacted the roads of Thunder Way, Chamberlin Mills Road, County Route 28, Tiplady Road, and Bogtown Road.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindEast Hebron-Trees and wires were reported down in Hebron.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Tiplady0.7 miles29
Porter2.3 miles29
North Hebron4.6 miles29
Slateville4.8 miles29
West Hebron5.2 miles27
Belcher5.5 miles29
Salem6.5 miles27
East Hartford7.2 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949099. 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.