North Brookfield, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Brookfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 13418. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hubbardsville quadrangle. It stands 1,299 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1907 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1907 USGS Sangerfield quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Hubbardsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Sangerfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Hubbardsville quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
47 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of North Brookfield between 1994 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 12 August 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 21 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 June 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 16 June 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of North Brookfield: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Natural Gas. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letts No.1 Well | Salt, Natural Gas | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Brookfield in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | North Brookfield | $50,000 | A tornado touched down in a field west of Mason Road in Brookfield|NY. The tornado knocked down a couple dozen trees, partially blew|roofs off two barns and ripped a roof off a greenhouse. One home|lost a few shingles. The tornado tracked east northeast and was on|the ground for a little less than one half mile. The width of the|tornado was about 150 yards. Maximum winds were estimated at 90 mph. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Brookfield | $2,500 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a car. There were no injuries reported. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Brookfield | $1,000 | Trees and wires were blown down. |
| May 2013 | Hail | North Brookfield | - | Most of the hail was one inch in diameter. |
| May 2011 | Hail | North Brookfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | North Brookfield | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Brookfield | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Guideboard | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Moscow Hill | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Hubbardsville | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Brookfield | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| East Hamilton | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Sigby Corners | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Madison Center | 6.1 miles | 19 |
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 North Brookfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740354 | The 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 958735. 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.








