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New Lebanon, New York

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in New Lebanon town. It lies in ZIP code area 12125. It stands on South Branch Wyomanock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Canaan quadrangle.

New Lebanon within Columbia County

Then and now

1888 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 110 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 Lebanon, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of New Lebanon, surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 against another survey:

On record in New Lebanon

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 7 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

22 surveys from 43 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

114 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of New Lebanon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined75
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
27 August 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 August 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia 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 New Lebanon: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Limestone, General. 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
Lebanon Springs Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Shaker MineIronPast ProducerLimonite
Shaker MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Shaker MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

8 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Lebanon in 8 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 8 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNew Lebanon-Several trees and wires were downed throughout the Town of New Lebanon including Route 20, Route 22 and Mill Road.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindNew Lebanon-Trees and wires were downed in the Town of New Lebanon.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindNew Lebanon-Tree was downed onto a car.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindNew Lebanon-Trees were reported down in New Lebanon due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindNew Lebanon-Trees and wires were reported down in New Lebanon due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindNew Lebanon-Wires were reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds in New Lebanon.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindNew Lebanon-Trees were reported down in New Lebanon and also in Chatham due to strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindNew Lebanon-Trees down.

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
Lebanon Springs1.2 miles43
New Lebanon Center1.4 miles43
West Lebanon4.0 miles43
Queechy4.3 miles43
Canaan4.5 miles43
New Britain5.0 miles43
Canaan Center6.2 miles43
Flatbrook6.2 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958430. 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.