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Merrill, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ellenburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12955. It stands on Weed Brook. The Survey maps it on the Ellenburg Center quadrangle.

Merrill within Clinton County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Merrill, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Merrill, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

10 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Merrill between 2003 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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
22 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 May 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 May 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 May 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 May 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 April 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Merrill: 8 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Old Tailings Pile PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
81 MineIronPast Producer1840
Bannerhouse MineIronProspect
Burden DepositIronPast Producer1875, 1967
Eighty-One MineIronPast Producer1878
Parkhurst MineIronPast Producer1889, 1892
Parkhurst MineIronPast Producer1889
Phillips VeinIronPast ProducerReplacement
Phillips VeinIronPast Producer
Williams MineIronPast Producer1850, 1871, 1967

Every working recorded in Clinton County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Merrill in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. 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
July 2023Flash FloodMerrill2 hurt, $100,000Multiple rounds of heavy rain affected portions of Clinton County from early morning to mid afternoon on July 2, 2023. This event incorporates the first flash flooding occurring during the early morning of the 2nd. Numerous road washouts occurred with several residences experiencing heavy flood damage. The Blue Haven Campground and Ranch Side mobile home park in Ellenburg experienced severe flooding. At Blue Haven, over 200 people were evacuated with at least three campers destroyed and 2 injuries.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMerrill$20,000Several reports of downed trees due to thunderstorm winds between Merrill and Lyon Mountain.
June 1996Flash FloodMerrill$20,000no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMerrill$10,000Several trees downed by thunderstorm winds between Merrill and Ellenburg Center.
June 2017Flash FloodMerrill$10,000Sunset Road in Lyon Mountain village was washed out by Brandy Brook, and Route 9 in Peru was inundated by floodwaters.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMerrill$5,000Trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindMerrill$5,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clinton 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
Lyon Mountain3.7 miles18
Standish5.2 miles18
Harrigan6.1 miles18
Ellenburg Center7.6 miles18
High Bank9.8 miles18
Ellenburg11.0 miles19
Russia11.3 miles18
Jerusalem11.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957002. 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.