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Eldred, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Highland town. It lies in ZIP code area 12732. The Survey maps it on the Eldred quadrangle.

Eldred within Sullivan County

Then and now

1922 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Eldred, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Eldred, surveyed 1922

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

122 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Eldred between 1998 and 2020, burning about 236 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 19 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
Debris and open burning48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking3
Fireworks1

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
2 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 August 2015Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
4 July 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 July 1999Smoking5.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sullivan County

Storms near this place

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eldred in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2021: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Thunderstorm WindEldred$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and utility lines on Airport Rd.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindEldred$2,000A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in a few trees being knocked over in the area.

Every storm recorded in Sullivan 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
Highland Lake1.8 miles23
Yulan2.6 miles23
Mohican Lake3.6 miles23
Barryville3.7 miles26
Glen Spey5.0 miles26
Minisink Ford5.8 miles26
Handsome Eddy5.8 miles26
Pond Eddy6.8 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949461. 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.