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North Fenton, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fenton town. It lies in ZIP code area 13746. It lies near Pigeon Hill. The Survey maps it on the Chenango Forks quadrangle.

North Fenton within Broome County

Then and now

1904 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 81 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 Fenton, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of North Fenton, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

63 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of North Fenton between 1999 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 6 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use3

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 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 August 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 July 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 July 2016Debris and open burning2.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of North Fenton: 6 producers, 5 past producers. 6 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
Crouch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hales PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hales PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Inghram Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Inghram Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
New York State Dept. Trans. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
O Brien PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pond 4 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rose PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rose Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Broome County

Storms near this place

6 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Fenton in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
October 2019Flash FloodNorth Fenton$15,000Winn Hill Road was washed out by flash flooding along Ballyhack Creek.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindNorth Fenton$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindNorth Fenton-Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2000HailNorth Fenton-Storm spotters reported dime size hail in Fenton township.
August 2008HailNorth Fenton-no account filed
June 2002HailNorth Fenton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Broome 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
Quinneville1.2 miles24
Forest Manor2.1 miles24
Pleasant Hill2.5 miles24
Chenango Forks2.9 miles24
Wyman Corner3.3 miles24
North Colesville3.9 miles14
Tunnel4.0 miles14
Kattellville4.5 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958779. 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.