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North Afton, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Afton town. It lies in ZIP code area 13730. It stands on Wilkins Brook. The Survey maps it on the West Bainbridge quadrangle.

North Afton within Chenango County

Then and now

1902 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of North Afton, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of North Afton, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

92 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of North Afton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 189 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking5
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2002Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
2 August 2002Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
16 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 July 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chenango 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 North Afton: 2 producers. 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
Afton Town Pit Aldagreen RoadSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Route 7 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chenango County

Storms near this place

2 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Afton in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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
September 2014Thunderstorm WindNorth Afton1 hurt, $20,000A microburst with maximum wind speeds of 90 mph, a path length of 6 miles and a path width of 0.5 miles uprooted numerous trees near the Afton area between 830 and 845 pm EDT. The microburst overturned two large farm hay wagons and peeled part of a roof off of a barn. Many trees were damaged at the Afton Golf Course. Initial reports indicate a motorcyclist was injured when a tree branch fell on him.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindNorth Afton$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree which was blocking a road. The winds were associated with the strong outflow boundary from the storm.

Every storm recorded in Chenango 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
Afton2.9 miles17
Blackesley Corner3.1 miles17
West Bainbridge3.2 miles17
Middle Bridge3.3 miles15
Bainbridge3.8 miles18
Union Valley3.9 miles17
Coventryville4.3 miles17
Bettsburg4.6 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q122553566The 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 958663. 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.