BlockNorth Osceola, New York
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Osceola town. It lies in ZIP code area 13437. It stands on Crooked Brook. The Survey maps it on the North Osceola quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1985The 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 19 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.
- 1906 USGS Highmarket quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS North Osceola quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS North Osceola quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of North Osceola between 2006 and 2018, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 April 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 December 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Osceola in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1999 | Flash Flood | North Osceola | $15,000 | The Black River basin east of Lake Ontario received over two inches of rain during the evening hours. While the Black River did not reach flood stage, localized flooding in North Osceola resulted in some road closures. |
| August 2008 | Hail | North Osceola | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | North Osceola | $5,000 | The National Weather Service in Buffalo used Sentinel-2 satellite|imagery and found tornadic damage in Lewis County. A damage scar |was found using difference techniques of satellite imagery. The |scar was found in a wooded area east of North Osceola Road in the |Town of Osceola. A damage survey could not be conducted due to |limited access into the wooded area. The tornado is thus rated|EF-Unknown. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Osceola | $2,000 | Trees were downed on wires along North Osceola Road. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Osceola | $2,000 | Trees and lines were downed across a road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Campbellwood Wye | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Old Campbellwood Wye | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Osceola | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Monteola | 5.8 miles | 20 | |
| Michigan Mills | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| Leisher Mill | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Hooker | 8.6 miles | 20 | |
| Swancott Mill | 9.5 miles | 20 |
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 Q122541769 | 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 972871. 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.
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.