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Fallsburg, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fallsburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12733. The Survey maps it on the Woodridge quadrangle.

Fallsburg within Sullivan County

Then and now

1909 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fallsburg, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Fallsburg, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

162 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Fallsburg between 1998 and 2020, burning about 231 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined62
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism21
Smoking13
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony7
Other causes7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5

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
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2014Smoking1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2005Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
10 September 2002Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
10 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2012Natural4.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sullivan 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 Fallsburg: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 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
Goodwin Sand and Gravel, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maston Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maston Lake PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Monticello Black Top PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sullivan County

Storms near this place

1 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fallsburg in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 1995Thunderstorm WindFallsburg$10,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sullivan 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
South Fallsburg1.9 miles25
Woodbourne2.0 miles22
Woodridge2.1 miles24
Hurleyville3.9 miles25
Loch Sheldrake4.0 miles22
Hasbrouck4.1 miles22
Thompsonville4.6 miles25
Kiamesha Lake4.6 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949896. 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.