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Fraser, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Delhi town. It lies in ZIP code area 13753. It stands on Platner Brook. The Survey maps it on the Hamden quadrangle.

Fraser within Delaware County

Then and now

1922 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fraser, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Fraser, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Fraser between 1995 and 2016, burning about 65 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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/undetermined27
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Debris and open burning2
Natural1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 August 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 May 2015Misuse of fire by a minor4.8 acresNew York Forest RangersBELL HILL FIRE
28 May 2016Misuse of fire by a minor3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware 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 Fraser: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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
Howe Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this place

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fraser in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 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
May 2013Flash FloodFraser$80,000Flooding occurred on many streams and creeks due to culverts plugged with debris in and around the Village of Delhi. Water was over much of Routes 28 and 10 with areas of road shoulders being washed out.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindFraser$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires on County Route 16.
June 2009HailFraser-Hail fell near Fraser.

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
De Lancey2.8 miles16
Delhi3.4 miles16
Hamden4.1 miles16
West Delhi4.4 miles15
Mundale4.6 miles15
Hawleys5.1 miles17
East Delhi5.9 miles16
Arabia6.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972508. 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.