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Ephratah, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ephratah town. It lies in ZIP code area 13452. It stands on Sprite Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lassellsville quadrangle.

Ephratah within Fulton County

Then and now

1901 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ephratah, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Ephratah, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

84 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Ephratah between 1995 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural12
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2020Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ephratah in 13 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado. 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
August 2004Tornado (F0)Ephratah$25,000A NWS survey team found evidence of an F0 tornado at property located on Turnpike Road in the town of Ephratah. The F0 tornado blew the roof off a house just after an eyewitness saw a funnel cloud heading toward the home.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindEphratah$19,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindEphratah$5,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindEphratah$5,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindEphratah$4,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindEphratah-Multiple trees and wires were reported down across the southern and eastern portions of Fulton County.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindEphratah-Trees were downed on wires in the Town of Ephratah.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindEphratah-A tree was down on Mud Road. This was reported by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office.
July 2014HailEphratah-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Ephratah.
June 2011HailEphratah-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Ephratah.
June 2011HailEphratah-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Ephratah.
June 2007HailEphratah-An observer from a media station measured a hailstone of 2.3 inches in diameter in Ephratah. This is between lime and tennis ball size.
May 2000HailEphratah-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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
Garoga3.3 miles21
Eppie Corners3.8 miles21
Rockwood4.4 miles21
Lassellsville4.5 miles21
Kecks Center4.6 miles21
Kringsbush5.0 miles19
Scotchbrush5.2 miles21
Cork5.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949675. 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.