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Hubbardsville, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hamilton town. It lies in ZIP code area 13355. It stands on Hunt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hubbardsville quadrangle. It stands 1,214 feet above sea level.

Hubbardsville within Madison County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The 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 sheet of Hubbardsville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Hubbardsville, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

76 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Hubbardsville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined42
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking2

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
3 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 August 2009Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2009Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
21 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 July 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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 Hubbardsville: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Natural Gas. 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
Jewett BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Letts No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasProspect

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

12 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hubbardsville in 12 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 6 hail, 6 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
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHubbardsville$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees at Camp Hunt. Some trees landed on cabins. No injuries were reported.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindHubbardsville$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHubbardsville$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted a small tree.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHubbardsville$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHubbardsville$2,000A large, 50 foot tree was blown down.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHubbardsville$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on wires.
May 2019HailHubbardsville-no account filed
May 2019HailHubbardsville-no account filed
July 2008HailHubbardsville-no account filed
June 2007HailHubbardsville-no account filed
June 2007HailHubbardsville-no account filed
May 2006HailHubbardsville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
East Hamilton1.3 miles17
Hamilton Center2.6 miles17
West Brookfield3.2 miles17
Moscow Hill3.5 miles17
South Hamilton3.5 miles17
Sigby Corners3.5 miles17
Poolville3.7 miles19
Brooks Corner4.0 miles17

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 HubbardsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48740320The 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 953359. 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.