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Ferenbaugh, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hornby town. It lies in ZIP code area 14830. It lies near Wilson Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Corning quadrangle.

Ferenbaugh within Steuben County

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ferenbaugh, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Ferenbaugh, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

237 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Ferenbaugh between 1992 and 2020, burning about 317 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined109
Debris and open burning33
Arson/incendiarism28
Smoking22
Equipment and vehicle use21
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

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
6 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2020Recreation and ceremony1.6 acresNew York Forest RangersWEST HILL FIRE
24 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ferenbaugh: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium. 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
Corning PlantZirconiumUnknown
Atwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
East Corning PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
East Corning PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rhinehart Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Rhinehart Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this place

7 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ferenbaugh in 7 storm reports between 2013 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
April 2026Thunderstorm WindFerenbaugh$24,500Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree, power lines, and three utility poles on Mormon Hollow Drive.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindFerenbaugh$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindFerenbaugh$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a pickup truck.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindFerenbaugh$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires across the road.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindFerenbaugh$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and a car became stuck.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindFerenbaugh$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires with a tree catching on fire.
August 2013Flash FloodFerenbaugh-Post Creek was flooding, and threatening the Ferenbaugh Campground. Camp residents were being evacuated along Route 414.

Every storm recorded in Steuben 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
Dyke2.0 miles23
Denmark3.7 miles23
Hornby3.8 miles23
Gibson4.2 miles23
Corning4.5 miles23
Riverside4.9 miles23
East Corning5.1 miles32
Painted Post5.2 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122565983The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949977. 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.