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Jewett, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jewett town. It lies in ZIP code area 12444. It stands on Roaring Brook. The Survey maps it on the Ashland quadrangle.

Jewett within Greene County

Then and now

1901 to 1986

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 Jewett, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Jewett, surveyed 1901

On record in Jewett

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

9 surveys from 21 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

89 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Jewett between 1993 and 2020, burning about 206 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined41
Debris and open burning14
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony4
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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2020Natural1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
14 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
31 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jewett in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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
December 2020FloodJewett$85,000County Route 17 in Jewett was closed between Route 23A and Mill Hollow Road due to a washout. A power pole on the side of the road was also washed out. A complete rebuild of the road was required, and the road remained closed as of mid-February 2021.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindJewett$5,000no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindJewett-Large trees were reported down in Jewett due to thunderstorm winds.
September 2012Flash FloodJewett-Several roads in Jewett were reported to have been closed due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindJewett-Trees and wires were reported down in Jewett due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindJewett-Tree and wires were reported down in Jewett due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindJewett-A tree was reported down in Jewett due to strong thunderstorm winds.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindJewett-Law enforcement officials reported that trees and wires were blown down.
September 2004Flash FloodJewett-Route 77 closed due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Greene 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
West Jewett1.5 miles21
Jewett Center2.5 miles21
Ashland2.8 miles21
Windham3.7 miles21
Lexington3.9 miles21
South Jewett4.1 miles21
North Lexington4.4 miles21
Hensonville4.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954025. 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.