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Perth, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Perth town. It lies in ZIP code area 12010. The Survey maps it on the Broadalbin quadrangle.

Perth within Fulton County

Then and now

1899 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Perth, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Perth, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

186 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Perth between 1994 and 2020, burning about 130 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined100
Debris and open burning46
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

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 Perth: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Mayfield PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perth in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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
September 1998Thunderstorm WindPerth$150,000no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodPerth$50,000no account filed
May 2020Thunderstorm WindPerth$20,000A large tree was downed across a driveway atop two cars.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindPerth$5,000no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWest Perth-A member of the public reported via Facebook that a tree had been knocked down on Noonan Road in Fort Johnson, blocking one lane. This occurred as a result of an outflow boundary in the wake of a thunderstorm.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindPerth-Trees were blown onto wires.
May 2014HailPerth-Several members of the public reported hail measuring as large as 2.25 inches in diameter in Perth during a thunderstorm.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindPerth-A tree was reported toppled by thunderstorm winds on Steers Road in Perth.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPerth-Approximately 6 trees were uprooted along Route 30 near the Perth Firehouse due to strong thunderstorm winds. Additional trees were reported down on Route 107.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPerth-Numerous trees and power lines down.
July 1999HailPerth-no account filed
August 1997HailPerth-no account filed

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
Hill Corners1.2 miles22
Stairs Corners2.3 miles22
Vail Mills2.6 miles22
Broadalbin2.8 miles22
Honeywell Corners3.2 miles22
Stever Mill3.8 miles22
West Perth4.0 miles22
Steele Corners4.3 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 960221. 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.