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Manheim Center, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Manheim town. It lies in ZIP code area 13365. The Survey maps it on the Little Falls quadrangle.

Manheim Center within Herkimer County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

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 Manheim Center, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Manheim Center, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Manheim Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 80 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 13 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 burning14
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural6
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkLITTLE FALLS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Manheim Center: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Little Falls DepositIronOccurrence
Moyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
St. Johnsville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this place

12 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manheim Center in 12 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
July 2021Thunderstorm WindManheim Center-A large tree was downed on wires, resulting in a fire.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindManheim Center-Several trees were downed near the City of Little Falls.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindManheim Center-A tree was downed across Route 167.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindManheim Center-Trees were downed on Bronner Road in the town of Manheim due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindManheim Center-A tree was downed and blocking Murphy Road in the town of Manheim due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindManheim Center-Trees and wires were downed on State Route 167 in the town of Manheim due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2013HailManheim Center-Quarter size hail was reported in Manheim Center during a thunderstorm.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindManheim Center-Multiple trees were downed as a result of thunderstorm winds in Manheim Center. A barn was damaged, a chicken coop demolished and three hay wagons were knocked over. In addition, a home sustained damage to it's siding as a result of the winds.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindManheim Center-A trained spotter reported wires down as a result of thunderstorm winds near Manheim Center.
May 2013Flash FloodManheim Center-A trained spotter reported heavy rainfall led to flash flooding along Route 167 and Snells Bush Road. The roads were temporarily closed due to the flooding.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindManheim Center-Two people were reported trapped between two fallen trees approximately 2 miles southeast of the Village of Little Falls due to strong thunderstorm winds. There were no injuries.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindManheim Center-Trees and wires were reported down near Manheim Center due to strong thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Herkimer 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
Ingham Mills Station0.4 miles22
Fink Basin2.3 miles22
Indian Castle2.7 miles22
Little Falls3.6 miles22
East Creek3.8 miles19
Dolgeville3.8 miles22
Newville5.2 miles16
Salisbury6.2 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122563408The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956354. 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.