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Grant, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Russia town. It lies in ZIP code area 13324. It stands on Black Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hinckley quadrangle.

Grant within Herkimer 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 Grant, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Grant, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

35 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Grant between 1997 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2003Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 August 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
21 August 2002Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHINCKLEY RESERVOIR
16 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
23 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 July 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBRANDY LAKE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Grant: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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
Poland PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Swamp Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this place

3 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grant in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2007: 2 flood, 1 hail. 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
April 2007FloodGrant-Significant snowmelt led to moderate flooding of West Canada Creek at Hinckley. The Creek exceeded flood stage of 1227 feet at 0115 EST on April 24th, crested at 1228.11 feet at 0045 EST on April 25th, and fell back below flood stage at 0415 EST on April 26th.
November 2006FloodGrant-The West Canada Creek at Hinckley exceeded its flood stage of 1227.0 feet at 7 AM EST on November 17th, crested at 1227.79 feet at 7:15 PM EST on November 17th, then fell back below flood stage at 9:30 PM EST on November 18th.
July 2004HailGrant-Hail observed 2 miles East of Prospect. Also, one tree down - 10-18 inches in diameter.

Every storm recorded in Herkimer 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
Northwood2.2 miles25
Russia4.2 miles25
Ohio4.4 miles23
Gravesville5.3 miles25
Cold Brook5.4 miles24
Wheelertown5.4 miles23
Poland6.3 miles24
Hurricane6.5 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951506. 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.