Hyndsville, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Seward town. It lies in ZIP code area 12043. The Survey maps it on the Richmondville quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 81 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
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1904 USGS Richmondville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1944 USGS Richmondville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Richmondville quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Hyndsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 137 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 17 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 | 62 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 27 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 15 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hyndsville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobleskill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cobleskill Quarry and Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hyndsville in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Hail | Hyndsville | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was recorded at the intersection of Lowe Road and Route 10. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clove | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Janesville | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Gardnersville | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Lawyersville | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Warnerville | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Seward | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Richmondville | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| West Richmondville | 3.6 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122570199 | The 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 953567. 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.







