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Harbor, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Frankfort town. It lies in ZIP code area 13340. It stands on Knapp Brook. The Survey maps it on the Utica East quadrangle.

Harbor within Herkimer County

Then and now

1898 to 1985

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Harbor, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Harbor, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

270 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 270 fires within 5 miles of Harbor between 2000 and 2020, burning about 161 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 34 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/undetermined131
Smoking39
Debris and open burning35
Arson/incendiarism34
Natural16
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
6 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2000Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2001Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Harbor: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Semiprecious Gemstone, 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
Ace of Diamonds MineSemiprecious GemstoneProducer1967
Golf Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this place

8 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harbor in 8 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 hail. 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
October 2019Flash FloodHarbor$25,000Route 5S was closed between Culver Avenue and Ilion due to a mudslide.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHarbor-A local emergency manager reported a tree down blocking one lane on NYS Route 5 and Elmwood Road.
April 2023Debris FlowHarbor-Portions of Brown Road and Center Road in the Town of Frankfort were closed due to debris washing onto the road from heavy rainfall.
June 2022FloodHarbor-Road flooding occurred in the Town of Frankfort at Center Road and Mucky Run Road.
November 2019FloodHarbor-Route 5S was closed between Culver Avenue and Ilion due to a mudslide.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindHarbor-A trained spotter reported trees and wires down on Argyle Road in Frankfort Center due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2013Flash FloodHarbor-A portion of Southside Road in Frankfort was closed due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
July 2004HailHarbor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Herkimer 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
West Frankfort1.0 miles24
West Schuyler1.1 miles24
Baker Corners1.9 miles24
Frankfort Center2.1 miles24
Stewart Corners3.9 miles24
East Schuyler4.4 miles23
Johnson Corners4.7 miles23
Gulph5.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952184. 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.