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New Bremen, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in New Bremen town. It lies in ZIP code area 13367. It stands on Butler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lowville quadrangle.

New Bremen within Lewis County

Then and now

1911 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of New Bremen, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of New Bremen, surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

75 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of New Bremen between 1995 and 2020, burning about 45 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined35
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural9
Debris and open burning8
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
17 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of New Bremen: 5 producers, 4 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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
Croghan PlantGranitePast ProducerGranite
Croghan PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Town of Lowville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gyore Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gyore Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Harper Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hoch Brothers Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lehman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
New Bremen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis County

Storms near this place

5 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Bremen in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
August 2003Flash FloodNew Bremen$100,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindNew Bremen$10,000no account filed
May 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Bremen$2,000Trees were reported down onto Hoffman Road.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindNew Bremen$500A tree was downed blocking Hodge Road in the Town of Watson.
July 2024Flash FloodNew Bremen-Lomber Road bridge washed out.

Every storm recorded in Lewis 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
Dadville2.8 miles18
Beaver Falls3.5 miles18
Watson4.3 miles18
Lowville4.5 miles18
Bushes Landing4.5 miles18
Croghan4.7 miles18
Petries Corners4.8 miles19
Castorland5.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958394. 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.