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Leesville, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sharon town. It lies in ZIP code area 13459. The Survey maps it on the Sprout Brook quadrangle.

Leesville within Schoharie County

Then and now

1898 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Leesville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Leesville, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

55 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Leesville between 1999 and 2019, burning about 128 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 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
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
5 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 July 2000Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 June 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schoharie County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leesville in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 3 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
July 2023FloodLeesville-Water was reported over the road near the intersection of US Highway 20 and France Street in the Village of Sharon Springs.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindLeesville-Wires were reported down on South Street in Sharon Springs due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2014Flash FloodLeesville-U.S. Route 20 was closed in the village of Sharon Springs due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall due to slow moving thunderstorms.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindLeesville-Trees were reported down as a result of thunderstorm winds in Sharon Springs.
June 2013Flash FloodLeesville-Roads were reportedly closed in Sharon Springs due to flash flooding.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLeesville-Trees were reported down in Sharon Springs due to strong thunderstorm winds, with some minor flooding also reported on Beechwood Road.

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
Sharon Springs1.6 miles18
Staleyville2.7 miles18
Engleville2.9 miles20
Sharon Center3.4 miles18
Gilbert Corners5.1 miles18
Seward5.6 miles17
Dorloo5.9 miles17
Gardnersville6.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955175. 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.