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Grapeville, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1986. It stands in New Baltimore town. It lies in ZIP code area 12042. The Survey maps it on the Alcove quadrangle.

Grapeville within Greene County

Then and now

1893 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Grapeville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Grapeville, surveyed 1893

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

186 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Grapeville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 208 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined80
Debris and open burning45
Natural20
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1
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
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minor2.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grapeville in 1 storm report in 2023: 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
September 2023Thunderstorm WindGrapeville-A tree was down on Honey Hallow Road.

Every storm recorded in Greene 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
Surprise1.6 miles25
Medway2.6 miles25
Paradise Hill3.1 miles25
East Greenville3.1 miles25
Newrys3.5 miles25
Result3.9 miles25
Greenville Center3.9 miles22
Earlton4.3 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951529. 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.

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.