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East Schuyler, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Schuyler town. It lies in ZIP code area 13340. It stands on Bridenbecker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ilion quadrangle.

East Schuyler within Herkimer County

Then and now

1898 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 87 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 Schuyler, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of East Schuyler, surveyed 1898

On record in East Schuyler

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

12 surveys from 23 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

69 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of East Schuyler between 2002 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined38
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning7
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2

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
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2006Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkUTICA
26 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer 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 East Schuyler: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Bono PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ferdula PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this place

13 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Schuyler in 13 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 6 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2023Thunderstorm WindEast Schuyler-Trees and wires were downed on Watkins Road.
August 2023HailEast Schuyler-Estimated 1 inch hail fell near the Town of Frankfort. Size was estimated by pictures.
August 2023HailEast Schuyler-Nickel Size hail fell at the Herkimer County Fairgrounds in the Town of Frankfort.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindEast Schuyler-Trees and wires were downed in Frankfort.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindEast Schuyler-Trees and wires were downed in East Frankfort.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindEast Schuyler-Trees and wires were downed.
October 2019Flash FloodEast Schuyler-Route 5S was closed near Mucky Run Road due to flooding.
October 2019Flash FloodEast Schuyler-Water was flowing over the West Main Street bridge, prompting the village of Frankfort to issue a state of emergency.
July 2013Flash FloodEast Schuyler-Roads throughout Frankfort were closed to flash flooding from heavy rainfall. Evacuations had to take place, as some homes were impacted by flood waters.
June 2013Flash FloodEast Schuyler-Roads were closed throughout Frankfort due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
June 2013Flash FloodEast Schuyler-New York State Route 5 was closed between Millers Grove Road and Watkins Road due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
June 2013Flash FloodEast Schuyler-New York State Route 5 was washed out and closed in the town of Frankfort between Millers Grove Road and Watkins Grove.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindEast Schuyler-Trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Frankfort.

Every storm recorded in Herkimer 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
Frankfort1.0 miles23
North Frankfort1.1 miles23
Johnson Corners1.5 miles23
Corrado Corners1.6 miles23
East Frankfort2.3 miles23
North Ilion3.3 miles23
Ilion3.4 miles23
Frankfort Center3.7 miles24

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 Q122596438The 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 949239. 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.