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Greenwood, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Greenwood town. It lies in ZIP code area 14839. It lies near Cole Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood quadrangle.

Greenwood within Steuben County

Then and now

1926 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Greenwood, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Greenwood, surveyed 1926

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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Greenwood between 1992 and 2016, burning about 48 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Smoking1
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
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 May 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this place

13 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenwood in 13 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 9 flash flood, 4 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
August 2024Flash FloodGreenwood$35,000,000Widespread and massive flash flooding of Tuscarora Creek and surrounding tributaries devastated roads, homes and businesses between, and including, the villages of Greenwood and Jasper. Homes were pushed off foundations and were seen floating downstream smashing into area bridges. Dozens of people were rescued from flooded homes and vehicles and displaced in temporary shelters for weeks.
August 2021Flash FloodGreenwood$50,000Flash flooding destroyed the exterior foundation wall of a residence.
August 2024Flash FloodGreenwood$20,000A bridge was reported flooded and washing out.
July 2021Flash FloodGreenwood$10,000Several roads reported to be flooded in the area.
May 2025Flash FloodGreenwood$5,000Banks Hollow Road was closed due to water over roadway.
May 2025Flash FloodWest Greenwood$5,000Slate Creek Road was closed due to water over bridge impacting the roadway.
July 2024Flash FloodGreenwood$5,000Roads are flooded and washed out at the intersection of SR-417 and CR-63.
August 2024Flash FloodGreenwood$3,000Water was rapidly flooding Route 417 making it impassable.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGreenwood$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree.
July 2024Flash FloodGreenwood$1,000Flash flooding along Rock Creek over CR-62.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindGreenwood$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked a tree down onto a roadway.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindGreenwood$1,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a tree on highway 417 near Banks Hollow that blocked both lanes.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindGreenwood-Multiple trees were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Steuben 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
Rough and Ready1.9 miles17
Rexville3.6 miles17
West Greenwood3.7 miles18
Bennetts4.0 miles17
Barney Mills4.2 miles17
West Union4.9 miles17
Young Hickory6.1 miles17
McGraws6.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951782. 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.