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Fishs Eddy, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hancock town. It lies in ZIP code area 13774. It lies near Pond Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Fishs Eddy quadrangle.

Fishs Eddy within Delaware County

Then and now

1920 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 66 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fishs Eddy, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Fishs Eddy, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

38 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Fishs Eddy between 1997 and 2020, burning about 46 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
2 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
12 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 July 2011Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 June 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 Delaware 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 Fishs Eddy: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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
Thompkins Bluestone Quarry.FlagstonePast Producer
Hancock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hancock Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Thompkins Bluestone Quarry.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this place

12 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fishs Eddy in 12 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 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 2011FloodFishs Eddy$50,000The East Branch of the Delaware River at Fishes Eddy crested at 16.04 feet at 400 pm EST August 28th, 2011.
August 2023Tornado (EF0)Fishs Eddy$15,000A tornado briefly touched down along the south shore of the East Branch Delaware River near Fishs Eddy causing damage to trees. An eyewitness reported seeing his 75-100 foot hemlock tree twist and snap off about halfway up the trunk. Another eyewitness captured video of a rotating wall cloud in the general vicinity of this |area of damage. The tornado crossed O&W Road, proceeding uphill causing further damage to some trees in the forest and powerlines along Hubbell Hill Road. Due to extremely steep terrain, the evidence of further tornado damage was unobtainable through these wooded areas. Additional tree damage was observed at the intersection of O&W Road and Halls Island Road to the southeast of East Branch. The tornado is believed to have skipped through the mountainous area before lifting over the Beaver Kill. No further damage was noted or reported across the river toward Baxter Mountain.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindFishs Eddy$13,500A thunderstorm moved through parts of the Town of Hancock. This storm produced a weak microburst, which resulted in uprooted trees and some snapped smaller trees along its path. Some of the uprooted trees may have also been aided by saturated soil conditions. The first visible tree damage was located in a wooded area, before the thunderstorm continued to move northward and crossed Bodoit Road, resulting in more uprooted trees along the road and at some residents' yards along the road. The storm then crossed the East Branch Delaware River and uprooted several more trees on |a small island in the middle of the river. More tree damage and damage to a power pole bracket was observed along Old Route 17 and along NY State Highway 17, before the storm tracked over hills north of NY State Highway 17. The last observed tree damage was located along Tar Hollow Road. Additional tree damage was observed via drone images.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindFishs Eddy$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees just west of Fishs Eddy.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindFishs Eddy$5,000Trees and wires were blown down on County Route 28.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindFishs Eddy$3,000Power lines were blown down.
June 2020HailFishs Eddy-no account filed
February 2017HailFishs Eddy-no account filed
June 2016HailFishs Eddy-no account filed
July 2010HailFishs Eddy-no account filed
June 2009HailFishs Eddy-no account filed
June 2006FloodFishs Eddy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Delaware 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
Luzerne1.7 miles23
East Branch2.8 miles23
Pacatacan (historical)2.8 miles23
French Woods3.0 miles23
Peas Eddy3.2 miles23
Readburn3.3 miles18
Centerville4.2 miles18
Peakville4.3 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950180. 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.