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Emmons, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Oneonta town. It lies in ZIP code area 13820. It stands on Gifford Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oneonta quadrangle.

Emmons within Otsego County

Then and now

1915 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Emmons, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Emmons, surveyed 1915

On record in Emmons

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

83 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Emmons between 1992 and 2020, burning about 67 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined37
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking7
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
3 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 July 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 July 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otsego County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Emmons: 4 producers. All of them still produce. 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
Colliersville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hemlock Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Meredith PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Robertson Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Otsego County

Storms near this place

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emmons in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 2 flash flood, 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
May 2011Flash FloodEmmons$35,000Heavy rain caused flooding in and around the Oneonta area. Main Street in Oneonta experienced flooding, from Main Street south on County Route 28 toward the Franklin Mountain area. Small streams and basements flooded, with water running down hillsides through some homes. An automated rain gauge east of Oneonta recorded 2.86 inches.
July 2021HailEmmons-A strong thunderstorm produced nickel size hail.
March 2002Flash FloodEmmons-The Charlotte Creek flooded near Emmons.

Every storm recorded in Otsego 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
Colliersville2.5 miles17
Oneonta2.8 miles18
Cooperstown Junction3.5 miles17
Cliffside3.8 miles19
Milford Center4.4 miles19
West End4.7 miles18
Portlandville5.2 miles19
West Oneonta5.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949640. 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.