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Elmer Hill, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Western town. It lies in ZIP code area 13440. It stands on Hurlbut Glen Brook. The Survey maps it on the Westernville quadrangle.

Elmer Hill within Oneida County

Then and now

1904 to 1985

The 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 sheet of Elmer Hill, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Elmer Hill, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

254 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 254 fires within 5 miles of Elmer Hill between 1998 and 2020, burning about 161 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 46 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/undetermined148
Arson/incendiarism46
Smoking22
Debris and open burning15
Natural14
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
6 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2001Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Elmer Hill: 5 past producers, 1 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
Craig PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hanicker Brothers Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hanicker Brothers Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sullivan Sand & Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sullivan Sand & Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

7 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elmer Hill in 7 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2019Thunderstorm WindElmer Hill$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down multiple trees and wires.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindElmer Hill$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree onto a house.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindElmer Hill$10,000Thunderstorm winds blew numerous trees and wires down.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindElmer Hill$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted multiple trees.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindElmer Hill$1,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a vehicle in Delta Lake State Park. No injuries were reported as the woman in vehicle refused treatment.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindElmer Hill$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto Townline Road.
June 2013HailElmer Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oneida 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
Hawkins Corner1.2 miles22
Lake Delta1.5 miles22
Stokes Corner2.1 miles22
Canterbury Hill2.4 miles22
Wright Settlement2.7 miles22
Ridge Mills2.8 miles28
Mohawk Gardens3.7 miles28
Lynch Tract3.9 miles28

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.

Wikidata item Q122546428The 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 949570. 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.