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Fultonham, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fulton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12071. It lies near Pleasant Valley. The Survey maps it on the Breakabeen quadrangle. It stands 702 feet above sea level.

Fultonham within Schoharie County

Then and now

1898 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fultonham, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Fultonham, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Fultonham between 1992 and 2019, burning about 133 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined39
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural8
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
31 July 2003Debris and open burning2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 June 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schoharie 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 Fultonham: 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
Spring Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Schoharie County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fultonham in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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
March 2008FloodFultonham$1,000Flooding was reported along Redling Road, near Fultonham.
July 2021Flash FloodFultonham-Pleasant Valley Road was closed due to mud and debris left behind by flash flooding.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindFultonham-Tree snapped and large branches were downed with siding damage. This occurred near Route 30 at Carriage House Lane and Pleasant Valley Road.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindFultonham-A few trees and several branches of various sizes were downed along Hard Scrabble Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindFultonham-Trees and wires were reported down in Fultonham due to thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Schoharie 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
Watsonville1.2 miles22
West Middleburgh2.9 miles21
Breakabeen3.1 miles22
West Fulton3.6 miles22
Patria3.8 miles22
Middleburgh3.9 miles21
Vintonton5.1 miles22
Franklinton5.9 miles21

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 FultonhamAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5508479The 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 950806. 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.