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Norway, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Norway town. The Survey maps it on the Middleville quadrangle.

Norway within Herkimer County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Norway, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Norway, surveyed 1900

On record in Norway

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Norway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes2

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
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2002Natural2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersGOOD LUCK MTN FIRE
6 July 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreNew York Forest RangersKELLER
29 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 June 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Norway: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Middleville Number 6 QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Middleville Number 6 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravesville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Material Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this place

9 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norway in 9 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 FloodNorway1 killed, $25,000The shoulder of Military Road in Norway collapsed due to flood waters. An 82-year old man's vehicle became stuck with the driver's side wheels on the pavement, and the passenger side wheels in a ravine created by the floodwaters. The man died when he exited the vehicle and was swept away by floodwaters.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindNorway$10,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindNorway$5,000no account filed
April 2025Thunderstorm WindNorway-A local trained skywarn spotter reported trees and wires down on Rose Valley Road in Newport, NY.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindNorway-Trees were reported to be downed by thunderstorm winds in the town of Norway. One of the trees was reported to be on a house.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindNorway-Trees were reported down on Gage Road in Norway due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindNorway-Multiple trees and wires were reported down in Norway as a result of thunderstorm winds.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindNorway-An emergency manager reported that 2 trees and some power lines were blown down in Norway.
November 2006Thunderstorm WindNorway-Tree reported down at the intersection of Sulfur Apring and Hurricane Road near Norway.

Every storm recorded in Herkimer 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
Hurricane3.0 miles22
Old City3.6 miles22
Newport3.6 miles24
Gray3.9 miles23
Bull Hill4.4 miles23
Middleville4.9 miles22
Cold Brook5.1 miles24
Fairfield5.3 miles22

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 Q23908457The 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 959018. 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.