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Oppenheim, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Oppenheim town. It lies in ZIP code area 13452. The Survey maps it on the Oppenheim quadrangle.

Oppenheim within Fulton County

Then and now

1901 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oppenheim, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Oppenheim, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

85 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Oppenheim between 1994 and 2018, burning about 105 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined39
Debris and open burning19
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
3 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oppenheim: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
St. Johnsville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oppenheim in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 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
July 1994Thunderstorm WindOppenheim$5,000no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindOppenheim$3,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindOppenheim$1,000no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindOppenheim-Trees were downed on wires in the Town of Oppenheim.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindOppenheim-A 65 mph wind gust was recorded at the New York State Mesonet near Oppenheim.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindOppenheim-Trees and wires were reported down from thunderstorm winds in Oppenheim.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindOppenheim-A tree was reported down in Oppenheim due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2010Flash FloodOppenheim-A beaver dam gave way and flooded portions of New York State Route 29 in the town of Oppenheim.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindOppenheim-Trees and wires were reported down on Olsen Road in Oppenheim due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindOppenheim-Trees were reported down along Route 29 near Oppenheim due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2006FloodOppenheim-Law enforcement personnel reported that several roads in the area surrounding Oppenheim were closed due to flooding.
November 2006FloodOppenheim-The East Canada Creek at Dolgeville exceeded its flood stage of 10.0 feet at 12:12 AM EST on November 17th, crested at 10.05 at 12:30 AM on the 17th, before falling back below flood stage at 12:57 AM EST on the 17th.

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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
Crum Creek2.5 miles19
Lotville3.1 miles19
Rasbach Corner3.5 miles19
Doxtater Corner3.7 miles19
Ingham Mills3.9 miles22
Middle Sprite4.4 miles19
Kringsbush5.0 miles19
Lassellsville5.2 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959421. 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.