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Himrod, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Milo town. It lies in ZIP code area 14842. The Survey maps it on the Dundee quadrangle. It stands 797 feet above sea level.

Himrod within Yates County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Himrod, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Himrod, surveyed 1902

On record in Himrod

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Himrod between 1992 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined47
Debris and open burning10
Smoking7
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1

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
2 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 August 2005Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yates County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Himrod: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite, 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
Seneca Lake MineHalitePast ProducerHalite
Seneca Lake MineSaltPast Producer
Claude Pulver PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Holly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Milo Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Yates County

Storms near this place

9 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Himrod in 9 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
April 2025Thunderstorm WindHimrod$55,000Strong thunderstorms winds resulted in a swath of damage 1 to 3 miles north of Himrod. A roof was blown off in one piece from a farmhouse, the metal chute on the side of a silo had minor damage, numerous trees were knocked down and a set of power poles were broken.
August 2021Flash FloodHimrod$25,000Numerous roads were flooded in the area. Some washouts were reported.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindHimrod$21,000Strong thunderstorm winds blew off the roof of an unoccupied house. Wires were also down.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindHimrod$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto wires on Plum Point Road near the Showboat Hotel.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindHimrod$2,000Trees, wires, and power poles were knocked down. Lightning set transformers on fire.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHimrod-A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in wires being knocked down across the area.
May 2020HailHimrod-no account filed
May 2020HailHimrod-no account filed
July 2014HailHimrod-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yates 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
Randall Crossing1.9 miles24
Milo Center3.9 miles24
Starkey4.1 miles24
Dundee4.7 miles24
Second Milo4.8 miles22
Porter Corner5.1 miles22
Lakemont5.3 miles24
Seneca Mills5.6 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on HimrodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48740582The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952874. 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.