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Forestport, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Forestport town. It lies in ZIP code area 13338. It stands on Alder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Forestport quadrangle. It stands 342 feet above sea level.

Forestport within Oneida County

Then and now

1897 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Forestport, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Forestport, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Forestport between 1992 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined11
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Natural1

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 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 August 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
17 August 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 July 1995Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
4 July 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Forestport: 1 producer. All of them 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
Burdick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

18 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forestport in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 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
March 2026Flash FloodForestport$15,000The public reported street and basement flooding throughout the area.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindForestport$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees on wires.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindForestport$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down multiple trees and wires on Tresle Road.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindForestport$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires across roads in several locations just outside of the Forestport area.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindForestport$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindForestport$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a few trees.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindForestport$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees in Punkeyville State Forest.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindForestport$2,000Several trees were blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindForestport$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindForestport$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindForestport$2,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree which took with it several power lines. The tree and wires came down on Route 28 in the town of Forestport north of the hamlet of Alder Creek. Route 28 was closed for several hours. The time of the tree and wires coming down is approximate.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindForestport$1,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in a tree being knocked over.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindForestport$1,000Trees and wires were blown down.
January 2018FloodForestport-Water flooding streets and a basement on Newton Street.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindForestport-Emergency management reported trees and wires blown down by thunderstorm winds in Forestport, Remsen, and Deerfield.
May 2014HailForestport-no account filed
May 2012HailForestport-no account filed
December 1996Flash FloodForestport-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oneida 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
Woodhull0.7 miles25
Alder Creek1.7 miles25
Honnedaga4.2 miles25
East Steuben4.7 miles25
Hawkinsville5.1 miles20
Woodgate6.1 miles22
Fink Hollow7.3 miles19
White Lake7.3 miles22

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.

Wikipedia article on ForestportAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48740431The 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 950433. 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.