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Guilford, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Guilford town. It lies in ZIP code area 13780. It lies near Breffel Hill. The Survey maps it on the Guilford quadrangle.

Guilford within Chenango County

Then and now

1915 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Guilford, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Guilford, surveyed 1915

On record in Guilford

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

9 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Guilford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined17
Debris and open burning12
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
3 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 June 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 May 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 May 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
23 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 May 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chenango 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 Guilford: 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
Dubois S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chenango County

Storms near this place

15 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Guilford in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2016Flash FloodGuilford$50,000Water was flowing across County Route 36 in several locations near Guilford and Guilford Center. Homes were flooded in the village along an unnamed stream.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindGuilford$50,000no account filed
May 2004Flash FloodGuilford$25,000Several roadways flooded by intense thunderstorm rains.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEast Guilford$20,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines at Tall Pines Campground.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGuilford$10,000A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in many trees being blown down and some lines knocked over near Oxford.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindGuilford$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees in Guilford.
July 2011Tornado (EF0)Guilford$5,000A brief tornado touch down occurred on Phillips-Odell Road. Convergent damage in the area included a flipped shed, some minor tree damage and a paddle boat blown approximately 50 yards from a lake. An eyewitness indicated that a rotating funnel of strong winds passed over the area at the time of the damage. The tornado initially touched down west of Phillips-Odell Road, then dissipated in a field east of the road.
July 2006Flash FloodGuilford$2,000Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused washouts along county routes 36 and 38.
June 2008HailGuilford-Penny and nickel size hail were also reported.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindGuilford-Emergency management reported trees and wires blown down by thunderstorm winds. Some hail was also reported.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindGuilford-SKYWARN storm spotters reported tree limbs down in East Guilford.
August 2008HailGuilford-no account filed
July 2008HailGuilford-no account filed
August 2007HailGuilford-no account filed
August 2007HailGuilford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chenango 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
Guilford Center1.5 miles18
Parker1.5 miles18
Ives Settlement1.9 miles18
Yaleville3.1 miles18
Rockdale4.7 miles18
Haynes5.3 miles16
Mount Upton5.8 miles18
Rockwells Mills6.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951905. 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.