North Harpersfield, New York
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Harpersfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 12093. It lies near Fan Hill. The Survey maps it on the Harpersfield quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in North Harpersfield
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- North Harpersfield Churcheslisted 2024 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1904 USGS Hobart quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1945 USGS Harpersfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Harpersfield quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Harpersfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pepacton Reservoir quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
53 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of North Harpersfield between 1993 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2015 | Other causes | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 June 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 5 May 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 May 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
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 Harpersfield: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Harpersfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harpersfield | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| West Harpersfield | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| North Kortright | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Sturges Corner | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Simpsonville | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Kortright Center | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Stamford | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Fergusonville | 6.2 miles | 17 |
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 Q122569493 | 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 958807. 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.








