Ellenburg Center, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ellenburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12934. The Survey maps it on the Ellenburg Center quadrangle. It stands 1,220 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 71 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
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1915 USGS Churubusco quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Churubusco quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Ellenburg Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lake Champlain North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Ellenburg Center between 1999 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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 | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 30 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 55 acres | New York Forest Rangers | SEAWAY FIRE |
| 25 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | CASHMAN RD |
| 30 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 June 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellenburg Center in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Ellenburg Center | $150,000 | A second round of torrential rainfall affected the region during the afternoon of the 2nd. Additional flash flooding was reported, most notably at the Blue Haven Campground where significant flooding renewed. Evacuations were needed again after campers returned to sites previously flooded earlier that morning. Other significant flooding occurred in Ellenburg where Routes 190 and 11 intersect. Some bridge and residence damage was noted here. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellenburg Center | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellenburg Center | $10,000 | Trees reported down and blocking intersection of Route 11 and Brandy Brook road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellenburg Center | $5,000 | Power lines and tree branches downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Ellenburg Center | - | Hail reported with estimated hail size of a quarter (one-inch in diameter). |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrigan | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Ellenburg | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Ellenburg Depot | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Dannemora Crossing | 6.0 miles | 19 | |
| Churubusco | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| Clinton Mills | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| Merrill | 7.6 miles | 18 | |
| Forest | 7.9 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Ellenburg Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740181 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949505. 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.






