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Harvard, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hancock town. It lies in ZIP code area 13756. It stands on Baxter Brook. The Survey maps it on the Corbett quadrangle.

Harvard within Delaware County

Then and now

1923 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 62 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Harvard, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Harvard, surveyed 1923

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

10 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Harvard between 2005 and 2016, burning about 9 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
11 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2007Missing 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 2005Natural2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
13 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 April 2016Debris and open burning1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 April 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.7 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware 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 Harvard: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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
East Branch QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
East Branch QuarryFlagstoneProducer

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harvard in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 2 flood, 1 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
September 2011FloodHarvard$2,000,000Moderate flooding occurred along the East Branch Delaware River near Harvard, NY. The river crested at 14.71 feet on September 7, 2011 at 9:45 AM.
August 2011FloodHarvard$50,000The East Branch of the Delaware River at Harvard crested at 13.31 feet at 1015 am EST August 28th, 2011.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindHarvard$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds blew down and snapped numerous trees.

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
Centerville1.2 miles18
Long Flat2.1 miles18
Shinhopple2.6 miles18
Pacatacan (historical)2.7 miles23
East Branch2.7 miles23
Peakville3.1 miles24
Readburn3.4 miles18
Gregorytown4.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952328. 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.