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Newcomb, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Newcomb town. It lies in ZIP code area 12852. It stands on Little Sucker Brook. The Survey maps it on the Newcomb quadrangle.

Newcomb within Essex County

Then and now

1898 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Newcomb, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Newcomb, surveyed 1898

On record in Newcomb

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

10 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Newcomb between 1995 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
25 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.9 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
1 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersNEGLECT
3 July 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 May 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
23 May 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 May 1995Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
13 May 2008Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 May 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkLAKE HARRIS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Newcomb: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Metal, Titanium. 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
Moose MountainTitanium, Metal, IronProducer
Moose Mountain ProspectTitanium, IronProspect

Every working recorded in Essex County

Storms near this place

11 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newcomb in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNewcomb$50,000Several acres of straight-line wind damage with many pines snapped.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNewcomb$10,000Several trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindNewcomb$10,000Several trees and power lines down.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindNewcomb$10,000Numerous trees and power lines down along Route 28N in Newcomb.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindNewcomb$5,000Convective winds downed trees and utility lines.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindNewcomb$5,000A few trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindNewcomb$5,000Trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindNewcomb$5,000no account filed
June 2011HailNewcomb-Dime to penny size hail reported.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindNewcomb-A hundred or so trees blown down by apparent microburst in the vicinity of a Ranger station near Shattuck Clearing.
May 2009HailNewcomb-Penny size hail reported at Newcomb Visitor Center.

Every storm recorded in Essex 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
Tahawus8.2 miles24
Northwoods Club8.6 miles26
Stillwater10.0 miles26
Boreas River10.8 miles25
Aiden Lair10.9 miles26
Pudding Hollow14.4 miles26
Minerva15.6 miles27
Loch Muller16.2 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958499. 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.