BlockMinnehaha, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Webb town. It lies in ZIP code area 13420. It stands on Middle Settlement Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thendara quadrangle. It stands 1,683 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1912 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1912 USGS Mc Keever quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mc Keever quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Thendara quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Minnehaha between 2008 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 June 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 25 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 4 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 May 2013 | Other causes | 2.2 acres | New York Forest Rangers | TAMARACK LAKE RD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minnehaha in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnehaha | - | Trees were reported down along Route 28 in the town of Webb due to thunderstorm winds. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKeever | 3.8 miles | 22 | |
| Thendara | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Wolf Lake Landing | 4.9 miles | 22 | |
| Old Forge | 6.0 miles | 24 | |
| Mountain Lodge | 7.9 miles | 24 | |
| Atwell | 11.5 miles | 25 | |
| Big Moose | 13.5 miles | 28 | |
| Woods Lake | 14.5 miles | 28 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Minnehaha | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48741964 | The 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 972806. 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.