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Masonville, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Masonville town. It lies in ZIP code area 13804. It stands on East Masonville Creek. The Survey maps it on the North Sanford quadrangle.

Masonville within Delaware County

Then and now

1924 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Masonville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Masonville, surveyed 1924

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Masonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 81 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning6
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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
27 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 June 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 June 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 June 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Masonville: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Howe Jesse Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Masonville QuarryClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Masonville QuarryClayProducer
Town Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this place

15 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Masonville in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMasonville$35,000A line of severe thunderstorms plowed through the county with widespread wind damage. Many large trees and wires were knocked down in Masonville at 3:55 pm, in Walton around 4:10 pm, and in Delhi at 4:20 pm EDT.
April 2013Tornado (EF0)Masonville$30,000A tornado touched down about 4 miles South Southeast of Bainbridge in Chenango County and tracked northeast about 3.2 miles, and then ended about 3 miles South of Sidney in Delaware County.||The tornado touched down between Interstate 88 and highway 206, on East Afton Road, where 2 power poles were snapped and a car was destroyed by a large tree branch. Another vehicle was also damaged. Several trees were snapped or uprooted. A barn had minor roof damage. The tornado continued northeast and crossed highway 206, where a farm equipment building and a mobile home were heavily damaged, and a storage trailer was destroyed. Other nearby homes had minor damage, and a carport was lifted and moved 75 feet. Farther down its path, the tornado intensified to a high end EF1 strength while traveling in the vicinity of Houck Drive. In this area, it uprooted or snapped many 1 to 2 foot diameter trees along its path, both hardwoods, maples, and softwoods, pines, with the largest more than 3 feet wide. It also caused structural damage to a single family residence and garage, while transporting a significant amount of debris a hundred yards or more. The tornado then crossed into Delaware county, downing several more trees on some properties along Highway 8 before dissipating.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindMasonville$25,000Strong thunderstorm winds demolished a trailer.
August 2024Flash FloodMasonville$15,000Butts Road was damaged and closed by flash flooding over the roadway.
May 2004Flash FloodMasonville$10,0004 to 6 inches of water on State Route 8.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMasonville$3,000Several trees and some wires were blown down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindMasonville$3,000no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindMasonville$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMasonville$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down large tree branches.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindMasonville$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a roadway.
May 2011Flash FloodMasonville-A stream went out of its banks and flooded parts of Butts Road.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMasonville-Numerous tree limbs were blown down.
August 2023HailMasonville-no account filed
May 2014HailMasonville-no account filed
June 2008HailMasonville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Delaware 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
Ivanhoe2.8 miles15
Whitman3.2 miles15
East Masonville4.2 miles19
Arctic4.4 miles15
Sidney5.1 miles18
Youngs5.1 miles19
Tacoma5.2 miles15
South Unadilla5.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956646. 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.