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Peterboro, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Smithfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 13035. The Survey maps it on the Morrisville quadrangle. It stands 1,296 feet above sea level.

Peterboro within Madison County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

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 Peterboro, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Peterboro, surveyed 1902

On record in Peterboro

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

54 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Peterboro between 2000 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 August 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 July 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 July 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 June 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 May 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Peterboro: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Oxbow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Oxbow Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

7 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peterboro in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 4 deaths. 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 2014Tornado (EF2)Peterboro4 killed, $600,000A tornado touched down in Smithfield just 2 miles to the northeast of Peterboro. This EF2 tornado with a path length of 2.5 miles and a path width of 235 yard resulted in 4 fatalities in Smithfield. Three homes were destroyed and 5 additional homes sustained significant damage.
July 2017Flash FloodPeterboro$340,000Widespread flash flooding of most creeks and urbanized areas occurred throughout the town of Eaton. Culverts and roads were washed out in several places. Some residences experienced flooding.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPeterboro$8,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in trees and wires being knocked over across Buyea Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPeterboro$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees and wires.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindPeterboro$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindPeterboro$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and wires.
August 2017HailPeterboro$1,000A thunderstorm developed over the area and produced half dollar sized hail.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Siloam2.8 miles18
Merrillsville3.7 miles26
Alene4.0 miles26
Stockbridge5.0 miles18
Williams Corners5.2 miles18
Fenner5.2 miles20
Morrisville5.4 miles18
Munnsville5.4 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on PeterboroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7177982The 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 960231. 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.