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East Watertown, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Watertown town. It lies in ZIP code area 13601. It lies near Rutland Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Rutland Center quadrangle.

East Watertown within Jefferson County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 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 Watertown, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of East Watertown, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

354 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 354 fires within 5 miles of East Watertown between 2000 and 2020, burning about 276 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 86 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/undetermined164
Arson/incendiarism86
Debris and open burning35
Smoking26
Natural18
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

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
8 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of East Watertown: 14 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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
Watertown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Watertown Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Anthony Marzano PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Black River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Black River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Black River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bolle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brookside Drive PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Brookside Drive PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gifford Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

3 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Watertown in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 3 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 2016Thunderstorm WindEast Watertown$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down by thunderstorm winds across Monroe Avenue.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEast Watertown$5,000Several trees down on wires along route 3 going out of Watertown.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindEast Watertown$500Tree downed across County Road 160.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Huntingtonville1.3 miles23
Burrs Mills1.8 miles23
Rutland Center2.5 miles23
Watertown3.2 miles23
Watertown Center3.4 miles23
Calcium4.4 miles21
Black River4.9 miles21
Tylersville4.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949267. 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.