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North Bay, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Vienna town. It lies in ZIP code area 13123. It stands on Murray Brook. The Survey maps it on the Sylvan Beach quadrangle.

North Bay within Oneida County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 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 Bay, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of North Bay, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

75 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of North Bay between 1996 and 2020, burning about 94 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined36
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural10
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
19 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida 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 North Bay: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
Coonrod PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
George W. Bryant PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
George W. Bryant PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morse PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

6 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Bay in 6 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 5 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
April 2025Thunderstorm WindNorth Bay$11,000Strong thunderstorm winds caused minor roof damage to a house and metal docks were thrown around.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNorth Bay$10,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in trees and wires being knocked over. This storm also generated roof damage to a home.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNorth Bay$5,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in several trees being knocked down. Trees were also knocked over in the town of Cleveland.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindNorth Bay$5,000no account filed
September 1993Thunderstorm WindNorth Bay$5,000no account filed
September 2013HailNorth Bay-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oneida 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
Edgewater Beach1.2 miles26
Long Crossing1.5 miles24
Sylvan Beach2.5 miles26
Vienna2.5 miles26
Fish Creek Landing2.6 miles26
Verona Beach2.9 miles26
Fish Creek Station3.0 miles26
Jewell3.1 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958677. 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.