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Jefferson, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jefferson town. It lies in ZIP code area 12093. It lies near Woodchuck Hill. The Survey maps it on the Stamford quadrangle.

Jefferson within Schoharie County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jefferson, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Jefferson, surveyed 1904

On record in Jefferson

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

67 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Jefferson between 1993 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined29
Natural10
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism3

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
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 June 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schoharie County

Storms near this place

25 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jefferson in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado, 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
May 2000Thunderstorm WindJefferson$22,000no account filed
June 2000HailJefferson$5,000no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindJefferson$5,000no account filed
February 1997Thunderstorm WindJefferson$4,000no account filed
April 2020Thunderstorm WindJefferson$1,000A tree was downed onto a road.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindJefferson-Local law enforcement reported a large tree down on North Harpersfield Rd west of Jefferson which lead to closure of the road.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindJefferson-Law enforcement reported a large tree down near the intersection of Route 10 and Route 43.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindJefferson-Trees and wires were downed in the Town of Jefferson including along West Kill Road.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindJefferson-A tree was downed on Route 10 in the town of Jefferson.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindJefferson-Wires were downed. Time estimated by radar.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindJefferson-Trees and wires were reported down from thunderstorm winds.
May 2016Flash FloodJefferson-Rebel Ridge Road in Eminence was closed due to flooding from repeated rounds of thunderstorm heavy rainfall.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindJefferson-Trees and wires were reported down in Jefferson due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindJefferson-Trees and wires were downed in Jefferson as a result of thunderstorm winds.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindJefferson-Trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Jefferson.
May 2013Tornado (EF1)Jefferson-A National Weather Service storm survey determined that a tornado touched down along the side of a mountain ridge. Dozens of softwood and hardwood trees were sheared off or toppled in different directions. The tornado was an on the ground for nearly 1.6 miles, but due to the rural and mountainous location, only did damage to trees.
June 2011HailJefferson-Penny size hail (measured) was reported during a thunderstorm in Jefferson.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindJefferson-Trees and wires were reported down in Jefferson due to strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2008HailJefferson-Nickel size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Jefferson.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindJefferson-Multiple trees were reported down in Jefferson as a result of strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindJefferson-Trees and wires were reported down in Jefferson due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindJefferson-Trees were reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds in Jefferson.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindJefferson-Trees were blown down and power lines were knocked down.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindJefferson-Trees blown down.
May 2004HailJefferson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Schoharie 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 Jefferson2.3 miles17
West Jefferson2.3 miles16
South Jefferson2.7 miles17
Vorman Corners3.5 miles17
Arabia3.9 miles17
Eminence5.0 miles17
Charlotteville5.3 miles17
South Gilboa Station5.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953958. 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.