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Indian Castle, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Danube town. It lies in ZIP code area 13365. It stands on Crum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Little Falls quadrangle.

Indian Castle within Herkimer County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Indian Castle, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Indian Castle, surveyed 1900

On record in Indian Castle

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Indian Castle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined38
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkLITTLE FALLS
28 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Indian Castle: 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Little Falls DepositIronOccurrence
Moyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
St. Johnsville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
St. Johnsville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this place

7 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indian Castle in 7 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindIndian Castle-A tree was reported down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindIndian Castle-A tree was reported down blocking the west bound lane of Route 5.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindIndian Castle-Trees were downed and half of a barn roof was blown off along Gardiner Road.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindIndian Castle-A tree was down, blocking Ashe Road.
July 2013Flash FloodIndian Castle-New York State Route 5S in Danube was closed as a result of flash flooding from heavy rainfall from Herkimer County Route 169 to Herkimer County Route 213.
June 2013Flash FloodIndian Castle-New York State Route 5S near Interstate 90 was closed in Indian Castle due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
July 2013Flash FloodIndian Castle-Route 5S in the town of Danube was closed due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall.

Every storm recorded in Herkimer 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
Fink Basin2.3 miles22
East Creek2.4 miles19
Ingham Mills Station2.7 miles22
Manheim Center2.7 miles22
Newville2.9 miles16
Little Falls4.4 miles22
Smith Corners5.4 miles16
Starkville6.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953632. 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.