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Kirkwood, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Kirkwood town. It lies in ZIP code area 13795. It lies near Doubleday Glen. The Survey maps it on the Binghamton East quadrangle.

Kirkwood within Broome County

Then and now

1904 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kirkwood, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Kirkwood, surveyed 1904

On record in Kirkwood

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

122 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Kirkwood between 1995 and 2020, burning about 148 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined61
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2017Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2017Smoking5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kirkwood: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Conklin Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Weber Road Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Broome County

Storms near this place

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirkwood in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 1996Thunderstorm WindKirkwood2 hurt, $20,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindKirkwood$50,000A low pressure system moved across the southern tier of New York during the afternoon of July 15th resulting in severe thunderstorms across parts of the Susquehanna Region. Thunderstorm winds downed trees and powerlines in parts of Broome, Chenango, and Cortland Counties. The most extensive damage occurred in Killawog and Kirkwood where trees fell on homes.
August 2018Flash FloodKirkwood$15,000Several streets were flooded in Kirkwood and surrounding areas.
August 2018Flash FloodKirkwood$10,000Streams and creeks were out of their banks flooding Route 11 and surrounding areas.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindKirkwood$10,000Trees were blown down closing part of Ostrum Road.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindKirkwood$5,000Trees and wires were blown down.
July 2008Flash FloodKirkwood$3,000Herd Road was flooded in Kirkwood.
July 2012Tornado (EF0)Kirkwood$1,000After a nearly continuous path of straight-line wind damage across southwest and south-central Broome county, a survey team confirmed a tornado touch down just east of Interstate 81 in the town of Kirkwood. The tornado path began on Burts Road, approximately 0.62 miles north-northwest of the Burts/Gorman Road intersection. At this location, multiple hard and soft wood trees were snapped or uprooted. Many fallen trees were oriented in a convergent pattern, which is consistent with tornadic damage. The tornado path continued in a south-southeast manner before lifting.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindKirkwood$1,000Several trees and wires were blown down.
August 2009Tornado (EF0)Kirkwood$1,000A National Weather Service survey team confirmed a tornado near Kirkwood. The tornado first touched down at the bottom of a hill behind a stand of trees, with three trees heavily damaged. The tornado moved northeast for about 175 yards and then lifted.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindKirkwood-Several trees were blown down.
May 2013HailKirkwood-no account filed
July 2012HailKirkwood-no account filed
June 2011HailKirkwood-no account filed
September 2011HailKirkwood-no account filed
June 2007HailKirkwood-no account filed
May 2004HailKirkwood-no account filed
May 2000HailKirkwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Broome 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
Conklin0.5 miles24
Conklin Station1.2 miles24
Conklin Center1.2 miles24
Corbettsville1.7 miles24
Langdon1.9 miles24
Riverside2.9 miles24
Kirkwood Center2.9 miles24
Conklin Forks3.3 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954715. 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.