Easton, New York
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Easton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12154. It lies near Beadle Hill. The Survey maps it on the Schaghticoke quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Easton
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
- Baker-Merrill Houselisted 2006
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 30 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.
- 1893 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1929 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Schaghticoke quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
58 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Easton between 1993 and 2019, burning about 53 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 4 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 | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Other causes | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
32 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Easton in 32 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $500,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $60,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $40,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $12,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | North Easton | $5,000 | A portion of County Route 113 in Easton was impassable due to significant amounts of water and tree debris over the roadway. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Easton | $4,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Easton | - | A tree was down on wires along Meeting House Road in the Town of Easton. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Easton | - | A tree was downed on County Route 113 in the Town of Easton. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Easton | - | A tree and wires were downed on Cooke Hollow Road and Meeting House Road in the Town of Easton. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Easton | - | A power outage occurred in the Town of Easton off Gifford Road due to a large tree down onto a telephone pole. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Easton | - | Multiple trees and wires were downed throughout the Town of Easton including State Route 40, Mountain Road, Burton Road and Birch Hollow Road. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Easton | - | Trees were reported down in Easton. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Easton | - | Trees were downed in Easton. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Easton | - | A tree was reported down on the road near Route 113. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Easton | - | Trees and wires were downed on Cheese Factory Road. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Easton | - | A tree was downed in the town of Easton. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Easton | - | Several large pine trees uprooted and snapped. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Easton | - | Trees and wires were reported down at the intersection of South Cambridge Road and Beadle Hill Road in South Easton due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Easton | - | Numerous roads were closed in and around Easton due to flash flooding from very heavy rainfall. The Cheese Factory Road was closed with a 7 foot deep trough through the road. Other roads closed to due flash flooding included County Route 113, Old Schuylerville Road and Meeting House Road. |
| June 2008 | Hail | North Easton | - | Quarter size hail was reported in North Easton during a thunderstorm. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Easton | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Easton. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | - | Law enforcement personnel reported wires blown down on Hoge Road in Easton. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Easton | - | An estimated 25 farms with a combined 2,500 acres sustained damage. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Easton | - | Streams out of banks. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barkers Grove | 0.4 miles | 30 | |
| North Easton | 1.2 miles | 26 | |
| South Easton | 1.9 miles | 30 | |
| Crandall Corners | 2.8 miles | 30 | |
| West Cambridge | 3.8 miles | 29 | |
| Fly Summit | 3.8 miles | 27 | |
| Lee | 4.5 miles | 29 | |
| South Cambridge | 4.5 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949304. 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.













