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Jasper, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jasper town. It lies in ZIP code area 14855. The Survey maps it on the Troupsburg quadrangle.

Jasper within Steuben County

Then and now

1926 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jasper, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Jasper, surveyed 1926

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Jasper between 1992 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined39
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
18 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this place

12 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jasper in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 8 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021Flash FloodJasper$25,000,000Significant flash flooding destroyed Troupsburg Junior-Senior High School.
August 2021Flash FloodJasper$1,100,000Severe flash, and rapid onset river flooding destroyed many parts of the Town of Jasper, including residences, businesses and infrastructure.
August 2024Flash FloodJasper$60,000Two vehicles were reported to be trapped in floodwaters.
August 2024Flash FloodJasper$15,000Route 36 flooded and washed out in several places near Jasper.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindJasper$10,000A thunderstorm briefly reached severe limits across southern sections of the county. Trees and power lines were blown down in the town of Jasper shortly after 9 pm EDT.
August 2021Flash FloodJasper$5,000Vehicles are stranded in water. Rescues are in progress.
June 2006Flash FloodJasper$5,000no account filed
July 2023Flash FloodJasper$3,000Heavy rain contributed to flooding of Route 31 along the Tuscarora Creek.
July 2025Flash FloodJasper$2,000Flooding was reported on Route 36.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindJasper$1,000A few trees were knocked down which blocked a roadway.
August 2007HailJasper-no account filed
November 2005HailJasper-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Steuben 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
Hampshire3.0 miles17
Hedgesville4.9 miles20
South Cameron5.2 miles20
South Canisteo5.7 miles17
Woodhull5.8 miles19
Troupsburg5.9 miles17
South Troupsburg7.3 miles17
Cameron7.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953941. 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.