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Johnsburg, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Johnsburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12843. It stands on Kibby Creek. The Survey maps it on the Johnsburg quadrangle.

Johnsburg within Warren County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Johnsburg, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Johnsburg, surveyed 1895

On record in Johnsburg

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

10 surveys from 27 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Johnsburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 341 acres in total. 16 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/undetermined34
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony13
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

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
28 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersPALMER POND
21 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 1993Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
15 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distribution2.5 acresNew York Forest RangersWASHER HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Johnsburg: 7 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Garnet, Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Mineral Pigments. 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
Crane Mountain DepositMineral PigmentsOccurrenceMineral Pigments
Oven Mountain MineGarnet, Sulfur-Pyrite, FeldsparPast Producer1897, 1925
Rowland MineGraphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, QuartzPast Producer1837, 1900, 1910
Warrensburg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rowland Graphite Co.MineGraphitePast Producer
Johnsburg DepositGarnetProspect
Oven Mountain DepositGarnetPast Producer
Rexford DepositGarnetPast Producer
Rexford MineGarnetPast Producer1892, 1897
Sander Brothers MineGarnetPast Producer1907, 1912, 1925

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

3 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnsburg in 3 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
September 2023Thunderstorm WindJohnsburg-A tree was reported down on Route 8 in Johnsburg.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindJohnsburg-Trees and wires were reported down at the intersection of Route 8 and Washer Hill Road in Johnsburg as a result of thunderstorm winds.
June 2005Flash FloodJohnsburg-Route 28 washed out in the town due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Warren 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
Wevertown1.5 miles26
Sodom2.3 miles26
Bakers Mills3.4 miles25
Riparius4.5 miles26
Edwards Hill4.5 miles27
Holcombville5.0 miles26
North Creek5.6 miles26
The Glen5.7 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954101. 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.