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Neversink, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Neversink town. It lies in ZIP code area 12765. It stands on Scott Brook. The Survey maps it on the Grahamsville quadrangle.

Neversink within Sullivan County

Then and now

1910 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Neversink, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Neversink, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

107 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Neversink between 1992 and 2020, burning about 263 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined50
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism12
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural7
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
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
24 September 2005Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2014Smoking2.4 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 August 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sullivan County

Storms near this place

5 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Neversink in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
December 1996Flash FloodNeversink$10,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNeversink$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires onto roadway.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindNeversink$3,000Numerous trees were uprooted, and power lines blown down. Wagner Road was impassible due to debris.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindNeversink$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires.
May 2013HailNeversink-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sullivan 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
Curry2.1 miles22
Aden3.0 miles22
Unionville3.0 miles22
Bradley3.4 miles22
Grahamsville3.8 miles22
Hasbrouck3.9 miles22
Divine Corners4.6 miles22
Cooley5.1 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958384. 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.