Fly Creek, New York
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Otsego town. It lies in ZIP code area 13337. It stands on Fly Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cooperstown quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Fly Creek
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 4 records
Fly Creek Grange No. 844listed 2004
Fly Creek Methodist Churchlisted 1996- Cornfield, Thelisted 2002
- Fly Creek Historic Districtlisted 2006
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1907 USGS Cooperstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Cooperstown quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Cooperstown quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Cooperstown quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Fly Creek between 1995 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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 | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fly Creek in 5 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 5 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fly Creek | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fly Creek | $5,000 | Trees and wires were blown down. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fly Creek | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fly Creek | $2,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in trees being knocked over. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fly Creek | $500 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked a tree down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pail Shop Corners | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Oaksville | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Cattown | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Toddsville | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Wileytown | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Taylortown | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Summit Crossing | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Cooperstown | 3.4 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950329. 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.
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.








