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Hedgesville, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Woodhull town. It lies in ZIP code area 14801. The Survey maps it on the Cameron quadrangle.

Hedgesville within Steuben County

Then and now

1924 to 1986

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 Hedgesville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Hedgesville, surveyed 1924

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

63 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Hedgesville between 1999 and 2020, burning about 116 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined40
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
18 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben 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 Hedgesville: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
R.Harrington No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Town of Cameron PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Woodhull SourceSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hedgesville in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 3 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
August 2024Flash FloodHedgesville$30,000,000Widespread and massive flash flooding of Tuscarora Creek and surrounding tributaries devastated roads, homes and businesses between, and including, the villages of Woodhull and Addison. Homes were pushed off foundations and were seen floating downstream smashing into area bridges. Dozens of people were rescued from flooded homes and vehicles and displaced in temporary shelters for weeks.
May 2011Flash FloodHedgesville$10,000Routes 471 was closed in both directions from Woodhull to Addison, and Route 15 was closed in both directions from the Steuben county line to the Pennsylvania state line.
May 2025Flash FloodHedgesville$1,000County Route 21 was closed due to water over roadways.

Every storm recorded in Steuben 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
South Cameron2.7 miles20
Cameron Mills3.9 miles19
Woodhull4.0 miles19
Cameron4.3 miles20
East Woodhull4.8 miles20
Rathbone4.9 miles19
Jasper4.9 miles17
West Cameron6.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952530. 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.