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Pitcher, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pitcher town. It lies in ZIP code area 13136. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pitcher quadrangle.

Pitcher within Chenango County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pitcher, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Pitcher, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

46 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Pitcher between 1995 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined19
Debris and open burning17
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
14 September 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
27 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
22 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 August 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
9 July 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chenango County

Storms near this place

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pitcher in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
June 1998Tornado (F1)Pitcher$250,000The severe cell that had become tornadic just across the county line in eastern Cortland county earlier in the evening remained a tornadic supercell after entering Chenango county. Aerial damage surveys indicate that the tornado was near ground level for a few minutes in the town of Pitcher. A swath of forest was heavily damaged for about a quarter of a mile. Most trees were snapped or sheared off near canopy level. A few trees were completely uprooted or twisted off the ground. Fortunately, no homes were in this vicinity. Foresty Department personnel estimate that hundreds of trees were damaged with fiscal estimates near a quarter of a million dollars.
October 2019Flash FloodPitcher$5,000Numerous water rescues were underway throughout the Town of Pharsalia.
July 2013Flash FloodPitcher$5,000Water was flowing over roads in the Otselic area.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindNorth Pitcher$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a house.
June 2011HailNorth Pitcher-There was also gusty winds, with a few tree limbs blown down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindPitcher-Local media reported several trees down from thunderstorm winds.
June 2008HailPitcher-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chenango 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
Hydeville1.3 miles16
Pitcher Springs2.7 miles17
North Pitcher3.7 miles17
Pharsalia4.4 miles17
Northwest Corners5.9 miles16
German Four Corners6.2 miles17
South Otselic6.3 miles16
Lincklaen6.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 960637. 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.