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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.

Fairfield within Herkimer County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Fairfield, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Fairfield, surveyed 1900

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

57 since 1999

Regional 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/undetermined29
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural7
Smoking3
Debris and open burning3
Other causes3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2016Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2020Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
9 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 August 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Middleville Number 6 QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Middleville Number 6 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this place

17 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2001Thunderstorm WindFairfield$61,000no account filed
May 2000Flash FloodFairfield$25,000no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindFairfield$20,000no account filed
June 1998LightningFairfield$6,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindFairfield$5,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindFairfield$5,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindFairfield$500no account filed
September 2021Thunderstorm WindFairfield-There was a report of a downed tree blocking Route 169 between Parkhurst Road and Davis Road.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindFairfield-Trees and wires were reported down on Castle Road in Fairfield due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindFairfield-A tree was downed across State Route 169 in the town of Fairfield due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindFairfield-A tree was reported down on Hardscrabble Road due to thunderstorm winds.
September 2013HailFairfield-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Fairfield.
May 2013HailFairfield-A trained spotter reported nickel to quarter size hail from a thunderstorm covering the ground in Fairfield.
May 2013HailFairfield-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail from a thunderstorm in Fairfield.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindFairfield-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 2011Thunderstorm WindFairfield-Two trees were reported down in Fairfield due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2011Flash FloodFairfield-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.

Every storm recorded in Herkimer 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
Middleville2.9 miles22
Paper Mill Corners3.7 miles22
Diamond Hill3.8 miles22
Eatonville4.0 miles22
Old City4.2 miles22
Ives Hollow4.7 miles22
Salisbury4.7 miles22
Norway5.3 miles22

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.