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New Lisbon, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in New Lisbon town. It lies in ZIP code area 13808. It stands on Stony Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morris quadrangle.

New Lisbon within Otsego 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 New Lisbon, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of New Lisbon, surveyed 1910

On record in New Lisbon

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

49 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of New Lisbon between 1995 and 2019, burning about 56 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined27
Debris and open burning9
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2

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
5 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 July 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
30 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 July 1999Smoking1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
17 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otsego County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of New Lisbon: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Schmidts PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Otsego County

Storms near this place

8 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Lisbon in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
June 2015Thunderstorm WindNew Lisbon$15,000A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in trees being knocked over in Otsego, Morris, Gilbertsville, Milford and Laurens.
June 2011Flash FloodNew Lisbon$10,000Several roads were flooded, with damage to some road beds.
June 2021Flash FloodNew Lisbon$5,000Water from Wharton Creek was rapidly flooding areas at Bateman Road and Naylors Corner Road.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindNew Lisbon$5,000A squall line moved across eastern New York ahead of a strong cold front on the afternoon and evening of August 31st resulting in severe thunderstorms across much of the area. Oneida and Herkimer Counties appeared to be hardest hit by the storms as many towns in both counties were affected. Numerous trees and power lines were downed in Camden, Taberg, Lee Center, Otter Lake and Woodgate in Oneida County; and Little Falls, Herkimer, Fairfield, Newport, Middleville and Norway in Herkimer County. Utility poles were also downed in the Oneida County in Deansboro and Clinton. In Long Lake three canoeists were struck by lightning as they waited out a severe thunderstorm along the Raquette River off North Point Road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindNew Lisbon$2,000Strong thunderstorms winds knocked down a tree and wires along County Highway 12.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindNew Lisbon$2,000Trees and wires were blown down.
May 2000Flash FloodNew Lisbon-Numerous roads were closed and bridges damaged due to flooding following heavy thunderstorm rains.
June 2008HailNew Lisbon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Otsego 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
Stetsonville1.1 miles16
Elm Grove3.1 miles16
Welcome3.2 miles16
West Laurens4.1 miles16
Garrattsville4.2 miles16
Morris4.2 miles16
Cardtown5.1 miles16
Lena5.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958434. 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.