Hillsboro, New York
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Camden town. It lies in ZIP code area 13316. It stands on Bullhead Brook. The Survey maps it on the Camden West quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1906 USGS Kasoag quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Camden West quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Camden West quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Camden West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Utica quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
66 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Hillsboro between 1997 and 2018, burning about 54 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 July 1997 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 17 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hillsboro in 5 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Hillsboro | $5,000 | Several roads were flooded around Route 69, including Penny, Mix and Dutch roads. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillsboro | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Hillsboro | $3,000 | Water estimated to be 1 to 2 feet deep was flowing across N. Hillsboro Road and Johnnie Cake Road. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillsboro | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on Marsh Road. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillsboro | $250 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on wires. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elpis | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Preston Hill | 4.0 miles | 21 | |
| Maple Flats | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Thompsons Corner | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Westdale | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Camden | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Florence Hill | 6.9 miles | 21 | |
| Dibbletown | 7.1 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972617. 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.
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.









