East Worcester, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Worcester town. It lies in ZIP code area 12064. It lies near Brooker Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Charlotteville quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 81 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 17 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 Richmondville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Charlotteville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Charlotteville quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of East Worcester between 1995 and 2019, burning about 57 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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 | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 27 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 16 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 July 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Worcester in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2020: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Worcester | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and powerlines, causing a fire on NY-38. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Worcester | $10,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over numerous trees and wires. This region took the brunt of the storm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calcutta | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Furnaceville | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Decatur | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Gothicville | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Worcester | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Tuscan | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| South Valley | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Maple Valley | 6.2 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970104. 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.







