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Hamden, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hamden town. It lies in ZIP code area 13782. It lies near Launt Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Hamden quadrangle.

Hamden within Delaware County

Then and now

1922 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hamden, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Hamden, surveyed 1922

On record in Hamden

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Hamden between 2002 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined16
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
19 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 August 2016Natural1.5 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 August 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 June 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 May 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hamden: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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
Hamden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Howe Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Tompkins BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this place

11 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamden in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHamden$20,000A line of thunderstorms produced a macroburst that extended from the Town of Hamden New York east to a few miles southeast of Delhi. The damage first appeared on Munn Road in Hamden and continued east for about nine miles close to Route 28 south of Delhi where it ended on Glen Burnie Road. The damage was confined to trees where in a few locations there were numerous trees uprooted and/or snapped. Most of the tree damage was to softwoods like pines, spruce, cherry and red maple.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHamden$16,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large maple tree onto a powerline and broke the pole.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindHamden$10,000no account filed
September 2011Thunderstorm WindHamden$5,000Multiple trees were blown down, utility poles were snapped, and a boat was flipped over on State Highway 10.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHamden$1,000Trees were blown down.
June 2009HailHamden-Hail fell in Delancey.
June 2009HailHamden-Hail covered the ground and cars.
March 2008Flash FloodHamden-Numerous roads were closed due to flooding.
May 2014HailHamden-no account filed
August 2011HailHamden-no account filed
August 2011HailHamden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Delaware 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
Hawleys1.1 miles17
De Lancey1.6 miles16
Fraser4.1 miles16
Colchester4.9 miles17
Mundale5.3 miles15
Walton7.3 miles17
Delhi7.3 miles16
West Delhi7.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952089. 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.