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Georgetown, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Georgetown town. It lies in ZIP code area 13072. It stands on Otselic Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Eaton quadrangle.

Georgetown within Madison County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Georgetown, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Georgetown, surveyed 1902

On record in Georgetown

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Georgetown between 1992 and 2018, burning about 34 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined16
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
16 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 May 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
22 May 1992Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 April 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 April 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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 Georgetown: 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
Pit 1 & 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

10 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Georgetown in 10 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 2021Flash FloodGeorgetown$10,000Flash flooding occurred on Route 26. Ditch scouring and a couple washouts were observed.
August 2017Tornado (EF1)Georgetown$10,000A tornado briefly touched down along Parker Hill Road in Georgetown, NY. The tornado did extensive damage to a forest largely composed of Norway spruce and other softwood conifers. The tornado damage path was very narrow only being 30 yards wide. Maximum winds were estimated at 90 mph.
July 2013Flash FloodGeorgetown$10,000Route 26 was closed due to a mudslide over the roadway.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGeorgetown$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires on Lebanon Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGeorgetown$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree and knocked down multiple smaller trees.
July 2024Funnel CloudGeorgetown-A local news station shared information of a funnel cloud spotted north of Georgetown.
May 2013HailGeorgetown-Some hail was slightly bigger than 2 inches in diameter.
July 2010HailGeorgetown-no account filed
July 2009HailGeorgetown-no account filed
May 2006HailGeorgetown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
South Lebanon4.2 miles18
Lebanon4.8 miles18
Quaker Settlement5.5 miles18
Sheds5.8 miles18
Erieville5.8 miles18
Lebanon Center6.3 miles19
Campbell6.8 miles19
West Eaton7.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951019. 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.