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Eatonville, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fairfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 13365. The Survey maps it on the Herkimer quadrangle.

Eatonville within Herkimer County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Eatonville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Eatonville, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

90 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Eatonville between 1999 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined45
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural11
Smoking9
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2020Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2020Natural3.6 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
2 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2006Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFire 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 Eatonville: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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
Lyles PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Volo Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this place

15 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eatonville in 15 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 9 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2023FloodEatonville$10,000Flooding in low lying areas was reported along the West Canada Creek as it rose above flood stage.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindEatonville-A trained spotter reported trees down due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2017Flash FloodEatonville-Route 28 was closed due to flooding in Middleville.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindEatonville-A tree was downed on Rasbach Road near the intersection with West End Road in the town of Fairfield due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindEatonville-Two trees were downed on State Route 169 near Davis Road in the town of Fairfield due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindEatonville-Trees and wires were reported down on Lynch Road in Middleville due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2013Flash FloodEatonville-North Creek Road near Kast Bridge was reportedly damaged due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
July 2013Flash FloodEatonville-Flash flooding was reported in the town of Fairfield along Davis Road and Route 169 due to heavy rainfall. The intersection was closed as a result of the flooding.
June 2013Flash FloodEatonville-The river gage at Kast Bridge recorded flash flooding as a result of heavy rainfall. The river gage crested at 9.01 feet at 6:15 AM EST, which was the second highest crest on record. The river gage at Kast Bridge is located along on the right bank of the West Canada Creek 600 feet downstream from a bridge on old State Highway 28 at Kast Bridge, 1.2 miles downstream from North Creek, 2.2 miles north of Herkimer, and 4.0 miles upstream from the river's mouth at the Mohawk River.
June 2013Flash FloodEatonville-Numerous roads were washed out in the southwestern side of the town of Fairfield due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall. Some water rescues and evacuations took place.
June 2013Flash FloodEatonville-North Creek Road, as well as several other roads, in the towns of Herkimer and Fairfield were washed out due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
June 2013Flash FloodEatonville-Route 28 was reportedly closed near Kast Bridge due to flash flooding. In addition, homes along Oberle Road in the town of Herkimer were impacted from flood waters. The flood waters caused huge rock boulders to be moved down hills and into yards.
June 2013Flash FloodEatonville-Several areas along State Route 169 in the town of Fairfield between Middleville and Little Falls were reportedly washed away and closed due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall. The section hardest hit was between West End Road and Kelly Road. A culvert was washed out and five feet of water was flowing across the roadway.
June 2013Flash FloodEatonville-A portion of Caldwell Road in the town of Herkimer was closed due to a road washout from flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindEatonville-Trees and wires were reported down in Herkimer due to strong thunderstorm winds.

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
Kast Bridge3.2 miles22
East Herkimer3.9 miles22
Fairfield4.0 miles22
Middleville4.4 miles22
Fort Herkimer4.5 miles22
Little Falls4.6 miles22
Jacksonburg4.7 miles22
Herkimer4.8 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972439. 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.