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North Hebron, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Hebron town. It lies in ZIP code area 12832. It lies near Mount Tom. The Survey maps it on the West Pawlet quadrangle.

North Hebron within Washington County

Then and now

1893 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 102 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 Hebron, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of North Hebron, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 29 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

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of North Hebron between 1992 and 2020, burning about 239 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined51
Debris and open burning35
Arson/incendiarism20
Natural17
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 August 2015Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of North Hebron: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Slate, Dimension, Stone, Dimension. 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
C. Rogers Slate QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
Newmont QuarryStone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Sheldon Slate Co. Rupert QuarryStone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Glebeland QuarrySlate, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
Hudy Quarry and MillSlate, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
Hudy Quarry and MillSlate, DimensionPast Producer
J.J. Mc Donough QuarrySlate, DimensionPast Producer1898, 1925
Manhattan Red Slate QuarriesSlate, DimensionPast Producer1872, 1882
Old Dennison QuarrySlate, DimensionPast Producer1897
Unnamed QuarriesSlate, DimensionPast Producer1897

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Hebron in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
March 2008FloodNorth Hebron$1,000The combination of heavy rain, frozen ground, and snowmelt led to flooding in portions of Washington county. Road closures were reported, particularly in the vicinity of North Hebron.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindNorth Hebron-A tree and wires were downed along County Road 28 in the Town of Hebron.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Slateville1.7 miles29
Porter3.0 miles29
East Hartford3.4 miles29
Hillsdale3.7 miles27
South Granville3.8 miles29
East Hebron4.6 miles29
Belcher4.6 miles29
Hartford4.8 miles29

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 Q122544183The 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 958811. 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.