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North Blenheim, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Blenheim town. It lies in ZIP code area 12131. It stands on West Kill. The Survey maps it on the Gilboa quadrangle.

North Blenheim within Schoharie County

Then and now

1901 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 85 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 Blenheim, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of North Blenheim, surveyed 1901

On record in North Blenheim

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 22 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

53 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of North Blenheim between 1992 and 2020, burning about 115 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined22
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
8 September 1998Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
9 August 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 August 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
24 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
9 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schoharie 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 North Blenheim: 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
Wawaywando PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Schoharie County

Storms near this place

14 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Blenheim in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. 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
December 2020FloodNorth Blenheim$50,000Route 30 and Bear Ladder Road were closed due to several feet of water over the roadways from the flooded Schoharie Creek.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindNorth Blenheim$10,000A roof was blown off a home, and trees were blown down.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindNorth Blenheim$8,000no account filed
March 2022Thunderstorm WindNorth Blenheim-Law enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Blenheim Hill Rd and North Rd.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindNorth Blenheim-A tree was downed onto a vehicle in the Hamlet of North Blenheim.
August 2018Heavy RainNorth Blenheim-Strong storm resulted in 2.25 inches of rainfall.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindNorth Blenheim-Trees and wires were reported down in North Blenheim due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2011HailNorth Blenheim-Penny size hail was reported at the New York Power Authority during a thunderstorm.
May 2011HailNorth Blenheim-Penny size hail was reported in North Blenheim during a thunderstorm.
April 2007FloodNorth Blenheim-Heavy rain led to minor flooding of small streams and creeks, as well as in low lying, poor drainage areas and roadways. This led to some road closures across portions of the county.|In addition, the runoff from heavy rainfall and snowmelt led to moderate flooding along portions of the Schoharie Creek, including at Burtonsville, which crested at 8.95 feet at 04:30 EST on the 17th, and at the Gilboa Dam, which crested at 1132.08 feet at 17:50 EST on the 16th.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindNorth Blenheim-Trees were blown down in North Blenheim.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindNorth Blenheim-Trees down
September 2004Flash FloodNorth Blenheim-Darling Hollow Creek, Betty Brook, and Westkill all flooded. Water from Schohaire Creek on Route 30 near Blenheim, closing it between Middleburgh and Fulton.
May 1998HailNorth Blenheim-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Schoharie 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
Owlsville1.5 miles22
Mackey3.4 miles22
Flat Creek3.7 miles22
Breakabeen4.1 miles22
Broome Center5.0 miles21
Gilboa5.1 miles22
South Gilboa6.0 miles17
Eminence6.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958689. 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.