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Newville, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Danube town. It lies in ZIP code area 13365. It stands on Ohisa Creek. The Survey maps it on the Van Hornesville quadrangle. It stands 538 feet above sea level.

Newville within Herkimer County

Then and now

1903 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Newville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Newville, surveyed 1903

On record in Newville

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

58 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Newville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 53 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined34
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning7
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkLITTLE FALLS
24 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 July 2012Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer 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 Newville: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
Little Falls DepositIronOccurrence
St. Johnsville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Moyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Volo Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newville in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
August 2024HailNewville-Quarter size hail was reported.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindNewville-A large tree and wires were reported down on Creek Road in Danube due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindNewville-Trees and wires were reported down near Newville in the town of Danube due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindNewville-Trees and wires were reported down approximately 1 mile west northwest of Cramer Corners due to strong winds during a thunderstorm.

Every storm recorded in Herkimer 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
Smith Corners2.5 miles16
Indian Castle2.9 miles22
Deck3.4 miles16
Fink Basin3.5 miles22
Paines Hollow4.2 miles16
Starkville4.8 miles16
East Creek4.8 miles19
Little Falls5.0 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on NewvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7020832The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958538. 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.