Fairfield, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fairfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 13406. It lies near Barto Hill. The Survey maps it on the Middleville quadrangle.
Then and now
1900 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Fairfield
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 1 record
Trinity Episcopal Church-Fairfieldlisted 1993
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1900 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1939 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Middleville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Middleville quadrangle1:31680
- 1949 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
57 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Fairfield between 1999 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 11 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 | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2020 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fairfield: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleville Number 6 Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Middleville Number 6 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairfield in 17 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairfield | $61,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Fairfield | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairfield | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Lightning | Fairfield | $6,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairfield | $500 | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairfield | - | There was a report of a downed tree blocking Route 169 between Parkhurst Road and Davis Road. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairfield | - | Trees and wires were reported down on Castle Road in Fairfield due to thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairfield | - | A tree was downed across State Route 169 in the town of Fairfield due to thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairfield | - | A tree was reported down on Hardscrabble Road due to thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Fairfield | - | Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Fairfield. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Fairfield | - | A trained spotter reported nickel to quarter size hail from a thunderstorm covering the ground in Fairfield. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Fairfield | - | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail from a thunderstorm in Fairfield. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairfield | - | Two poles were reported down in a field near the intersection of Hard Scrabble Road and Parkhurst Road in Fairfield due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairfield | - | Two trees were reported down in Fairfield due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Fairfield | - | Road washouts were reported in the Town of Fairfield on Sandy Lane Road, Comstock Road and Myers Road from culverts backing up and overflowing the roadways. Also, Kelly Road was closed because part of a field of corn slid down the hillside and covered the roadway about 0.3 miles west of Route 169. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middleville | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Paper Mill Corners | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Diamond Hill | 3.8 miles | 22 | |
| Eatonville | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| Old City | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Ives Hollow | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Salisbury | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Norway | 5.3 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949809. 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.











