Oregon, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Johnsburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12811. It stands on Kibby Brook. The Survey maps it on the Bakers Mills quadrangle.
Then and now
1898 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 99 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
10 surveys from 25 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.
- 1898 USGS Thirteenth Lake quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Thirteenth Lake quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Raquette Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Bakers Mills quadrangle1:25000
- 1997 USGS Bakers Mills quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
7 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Oregon between 2002 and 2020, burning about 8 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | STOCKHOLM BROOK FIRE |
| 21 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | EAGLE POND FIRE |
| 20 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oregon in 4 storm reports between 2019 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2023 | Flood | Oregon | $15,000 | Route 8 is closed in both directions between Johnsburg and the Hamilton/Warren County line due to flooding. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregon | - | A remote damage assessment conducted by National Weather Service using satellite imagery confirmed a microburst on the east side of Stewart Creek in Warren County. A large swath of extensive tree damage was sustained as a result of wind gust speeds maximizing near 90 mph. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregon | - | A tree was downed blocking Route 8. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregon | - | Route 8 was closed in both directions due to a downed tree. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fullers | 5.7 miles | 23 | |
| Garnet Lake | 5.8 miles | 25 | |
| Edwards Hill | 6.3 miles | 27 | |
| Bakers Mills | 6.4 miles | 25 | |
| Sodom | 8.4 miles | 26 | |
| Johnsburg | 9.4 miles | 27 | |
| Knowelhurst | 9.5 miles | 23 | |
| Harrisburg | 10.7 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959460. 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.









