Griffin, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Wells town. It lies in ZIP code area 12190. It stands on Towers Brook. The Survey maps it on the Griffin quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1997The 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.


Compare 1910 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1910 USGS Stony Creek quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:25000
- 1997 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Griffin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 357 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BIG BROOK |
| 11 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | ALGONQUIN DR |
| 11 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 5 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 22 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | EAGLE NEST FIRE |
| 9 July 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Griffin in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2024: 2 flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2023 | Flood | Griffin | $10,000 | Route 8 is closed in both directions at the Hamilton/Warren County line to the intersection of Route 8 and Route 30 in Wells due to flooding. |
| July 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Griffin | - | A National Weather Service storm survey, with assistance from satellite imagery, was able to determine an EF1 tornado touched down in the Wilcox Lake Wild Forest. The tornado began in eastern Hamilton county between Spruce Mountain and Steve Bigle Mountain and continued northeastward crossing into Warren County just south of Jimmy Creek. The tornado continued northeastward across Warren County before dissipating near the southern portion of Georgia Creek. Widespread tree damage occurred within the tornado path in the Wilcox Lake Wild Forest. Estimated peak winds were 110 mph with a total path length of 4.56 miles and a path width of 200 yards. |
| November 2019 | Flood | Griffin | - | Route 8 was closed between Wells and the Warren County line due to flooding. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girards Sugarbush | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Gilmantown | 5.5 miles | 26 | |
| Wells | 6.3 miles | 26 | |
| Speculator | 7.6 miles | 26 | |
| Pumpkin Hollow | 8.6 miles | 26 | |
| Blackbridge | 8.8 miles | 26 | |
| Lake Pleasant | 10.1 miles | 26 | |
| Hope | 11.7 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951815. 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.









